From the master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien (FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI) comes Cannes Special Prize winner MILLENNIUM MAMBO.
Working as a hostess in a trendy bar, a young beauty finds herself mercilessly torn between two men: Hao-hao, her neurotic and jealous live-in boyfriend and Jack, the mysterious and enterprising gangster who may be her undoing.
Set against the intoxicating and decadent background of modern day Taipei. MILLENMMIUM MAMBO chronicles the fleeting, finite blooming of a young woman. Featuring a breakthrough performance from the hot new international star Shu Qi (SO CLOSE, THE TRANSPORTER, THE EYE 2), and photographed with playful luminescence by Mark Lee Ping-bing (IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, SPRINGTIME IN A SMALL TOWN).
WINNER: Cannes Film Festival
Official selection of the Toronto, Chicago and Rotterdam film festivals.
“An Amazing Film.”- V.A. Musetto, New York Post
“Deeply Moving.”- David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
“MESMERIZING! Stands head and shoulders over everything else around, even in Cannes.”- Gavin Smith, Film Comment
SPECIAL FEATURES:
2001 - Color - Drama - 105 Mins - In Mandarin with English Subtitles
Rated R (NTSC) Region 1
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