Millennium Mambo Special Screening 3
A stylish and seductive submersion into the techno-scored neon nightlife of Taipei, Hou’s much-misunderstood marvel stars Shu Qi (The Assassin) as an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her blowhard boyfriend and towards Jack Kao’s suave, sensitive gangster. Structured as a flashback to the then-present from the then-future of 2011, it’s a transfixing trance-out of a movie, drenched in club lights, ecstatic endorphin-rush exhilaration, and a nagging undercurrent of ennui.
Director
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Cast
Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Tuan Chun-Hao, Doze Niu, Takeuchi Jun, Chen Yi-Hsuan
Release Date
22-09-2024
Language
Mandarin
Run Time
105 minutes