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PlaceTaiwan
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Stray Dogs
2013
A father and his two children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, from the woods and rivers of the outskirts to the rain streaked streets of the city. By day the father scrapes out a meager income as a human billboard for luxury apartments, while his young son and daughter roam the...
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20, 30, 40
2004
The film follows the lives of three women who are traveling from Malaysia to Taiwan in the same plane. Xiao Jie is a 20 year old girl, who abandons her hometown and goes to Taiwan for the first time to accomplish her dream: to become a pop music star. Shi Ge, who is musician and manager, seems...
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Daughter of the Nile
Os problemas da juventude de Formosa e o contraste com as tradições milenares chinesas. Uma jovem heroína vidrada numa personagem dos quadrinhos japoneses vive suas aventuras no Egito dos Faraós. Mas a realidade da jovem sonhadora nada tem a ver com o mundo dos gibis. Depois da morte da mãe,...
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Darkness Bride
2003
The story takes place in a distant Chinese province in a place where modernity is in constant clash with medieval beliefs. In a strange amorous threesome, Sissy is an autistic boy, Qing Hua, his bride is almost a child, and Chung Shen is a close friend to both. The affair between Qing Hua and Chung...
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The Skywalk Is Gone
2002
In her wanderings, Shiang-Chyi decides to follow a woman who crosses a road without looking. Both are stopped by a policeman who asks them for an ID card. Shaing-Chyi is looking for a seller of watches in the midst of the crowd. But the boy is right beside her.
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Goodbye Dragon Inn
2003
A melancholic ode to ancient cinemas, those built for one thousand people that practically do not exist today. On the last day before an old cinema in Taipei closes down, a young Japanese braves torrential rain to be there. The film Dragon Inn (1967) directed by King Hu, a classic in martial arts,...
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A One and a Two
1999
ian is about 40 years old and is at the stage where he questions his future and his very existence. Jian lives in harmony with his wife Min-Min and their two children Ting-Ting and Yang-Yang, in addition to his mother-in-law. All five live in a fine apartment in Taipei and are obviously a...
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As Irmãs Do Formosa
1995
Ah Chu e Ah Hua são dançarinas do cabaré Formosa, em Kaohsing. Dividem juntas suas esperanças, projetos e frustrações. Depois que o marido se envolveu em problemas com a justiça, Ah Chu tem que sustentar sozinha sua mãe e os filhos. No dia-a-dia, ela sofre a discriminação dos conhecidos,...
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Blowfish
2011
Xiao-Zhun`s world is like the elevator she operates in a department store: static and low-key. When she finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her, the shy girl decides to find a better home for her pet blowfish. A lonely baseball coach purchases the blowfish at an internet auction. He is waiting...
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Green Hat
2004
Wang is a criminal who joins two others to rob a bank. The deal comes off and, with his share of the money, he decides to travel to the United States where he intends to meet up with the love of his life whom he hasn?t seen for two years. While he is still at the airport, he goes into a shop to...
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God Man Dog
2008
This is a rhapsody of Gods, men, and dogs down and out together. A meandering truck full of gods gets mixed up with a cast of outcasts whose lives gradually entwine with each other. Yellow Bull, the owner of the truck, travels around giving shelter to deserted god statues yet can’t afford to have...
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Drifters
2003
Er Di has managed to live abroad illegally now for several years, but has been discovered and repatriated. In the time he was away, he worked in a restaurant and had a romance with the owner?s daughter. A son was born from this affair. Although he is from the same village as they are, the girl?s...
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I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
2006
After he was attacked and robbed one night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hsiao-kang, a homeless Chinese is rescued and saved by some workers from Bangdalesh. One of them, Rawang, allows him to sleep beside him on an old mattress that he found in the street. Later, when Chyi, a waitress in a cafeteria,...
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Help Me Eros
2007
Ah Jie lost everything in the stock market due to a severe economic crisis. He spends his days in his sealed apartment, smoking joints and looking after the marijuana plants that he secretly grows in his wardrobe. In desperation, he calls a suicide helpline and gets to know Chyi, whose sweet and...
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In Light
2004
After two long years, a man returns to an old friend’s house. The re-encounter is a surprise, since they never imagined to meet again. While the traveler reveals the reasons that took him to abandon his old life, the visited friend tries to explain why he is living in the middle of nowhere. They...
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The Missing
2003
A park that has undergone renovation is re-opened to the public in Taiwan, but only one small part is available to users. A widowed woman loses her grandson in the park when she is out for a walk. In a panic, she calls relatives, asks for police assistance and, at last, makes her way to the...
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The River
1997
Awarded a prize in the 1997 Berlin Festival, this drama draws a parallel between life and the waters of a river, in this case, the polluted Tamsui in Taipei. "Life is like a river: there is always some dark corner, deep and swampy", says the motto of the film and, as from this, the director...
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Terrorizers
1987
Um filme contamporâneo que aborda o terror, não apenas como uma ameaça urbana, mas também emocional e psicológica. Uma jovem escapa de um cerco policial. Sentindo-se oprimida e com sua vida destruída, começa a irradiar suas perturbações através de telefonemas anônimos. A partir daí,...
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Hear Me
2009
Yang Yang is a young girl who single-handedly takes care of her sister, Peng, a swimmer-in-training for the Deaflympics. On an accidental occasion, Yang Yang meets Tian Kuo, who delivers lunch boxes to the swimming pool where Peng trains for the upcoming Deaflympics. Although Yang Yang and Tian Kuo...
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Blue Gate Crossing
2002
Kerou is a college student age 17. Like other girls her age, she is in search of herself. Somewhat of a dreamer, she still lacks self-assurance and she misses the state of negligence and freedom typical of childhood. Shihao is a handsome seductive boy with a touch of the rebel in his blood. He is...
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Pushing Hands
1991
Chu é um treinador de Tai Chi aposentado que vive na China onde criou sozinho o filho Alex que, depois de estudar nos Estados Unidos, casa-se com a americana Martha. Chu muda-se então para a América e, após tentar sem sucesso viver com a família de Alex, sai de casa e passa a lavar pratos num...
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What Time Is It There?
2001
Hsiao Kang sells watches in the streets of Taipei for a living. He has just lost his father, and his mother has not yet assimilated the loss and spends hours at prayer, with the assistance of a monk, so that his spirit may come back. She actually comes to believe that her husband has reincarnated...
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Robinson’s Crusoe
2003
Robinson is a real estate broker who is extremely devoted to his job. He is successful and lives in a modern hotel in Taipei, but his prime objective is to leave off everything and start a new life. Over the Internet, he finds the ideal place to make his dream come true – Crusoe Island in the...
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Tropical Fish
1995
Uma comédia de costumes sobre o tormento anual dos adolescentes de Taiwan: entrar no colégio público. Todo ano, mais de cem mil estudantes são dominados pela neurose dos exames de admissão. Só um tercço deles vencerá essa etapa. Para um garoto um pouco mais sonhador, a única saída para...