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Chinese | 千禧曼波 |
Literal meaning | Mambo at the Year of the Turn of the Millennium |
Hanyu Pinyin | qiānxī mànbō |
Directed by | Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Written by | Chu T’ien-wen |
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Narrated by | Shu Qi |
Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
Edited by | Ching-Song Liao |
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Distributed by | Palm Pictures (U.S.) |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
Millennium Mambo (Chinese: 千禧曼波) is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where Tu Duu-chih won Technical Grand Prize.[1]
The main character, Vicky (Shu Qi), serves as the principal narrator of this film, revealing to the audience in 2011 details of her life from a decade earlier. She describes her youth and the changes her life undergoes at the beginning of the new millennium. She works as a hostess in a trendy bar. Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack, and her parallel love affairs showcase her inner life and her attitude towards her fleeting youth.
Actor | Role |
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Shu Qi | Vicky |
Jack Kao | Jack |
Tuan Chun-hao | Hao-Hao |
Chen Yi-Hsuan | Xuan |
Jun Takeuchi | Jun |
Doze Niu | Doze |
Jenny Tseng Yan Lei | |
Pauline Chan | |
Huang Xiao Chu |
According to Maggie Cheung, speaking at a press conference for Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love, she and Tony Leung Chiu-wai were initially tapped to play the main roles in Millennium Mambo.[2]
Upon release the film received favourable reviews from critics, on Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 34 critics, with an average rating of 7.4/10.[3] On metacritic the film has a score of 72% based on 12 critics indicating generally favourable reviews.[4]
Films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
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