Tian bian yi duo yun (original title)
114 min
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Director: Ming-liang Tsai
Writer: Ming-liang Tsai
Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen and Yi-Ching Lu
Metaphor, allegory. There's a drought in Taiwan. Watermelon are abundant and become juice, food, something to share with a guest, and an aphrodisiac. In a large building of flats, Hsiao-Kang and Shiang-chyi's paths cross; she knew him when he sold watches, now he acts in pornographic films. She scavenges for plastic water bottles. He bathes in the building's cistern. Fantasy song and dance numbers punctuate the characters' nearly aimless pursuits: she has lost her keys and he helps her find them; he naps in a park, she watches; he smokes on the floor beneath her kitchen table while she sits. His film-making continues. Can they connect?(IMDB Link)
Awards:
Won Silver Berlin Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, 2005
FIPRESCI Prize in 2005 Berlin Film Festival More Awards
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