Directed by : Hsiao Hsien HOU
Country : TAIWAN Length : 115 minutes
Prix du Jury à un technicien , 2001
The youthful Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack. At night she works as a PR person at a night club to support both of them. Hao-Hao keeps vigilance over her all the time, no matter she is on or off the job. He checks her charge accounts, telephone bills, mobile phone records, and even her body odor in an attempt to trace Vicky's activities. She cannot stand him any longer; she runs away. Hao-Hao finds her, begging her to go home. She sets herself a deadline to end the relationship - when the $500,000 in her bank account is used up.
NT$500,000 settled (burned away) a love affair.
At the same time, Jack makes diversified business investments. His open-arm policy to anyone in need of his help has courted some trouble. Vicky has already run to his place twice. Some degree of aff
HOU Hsiao Hsien
Hsiao Hsien HOU - Director
CHU Tien-Wen - Script / Dialogue
Ping-Bin Mark LI - Cinematography
HWARNG Wern-Ying - Set decorator
Ching-Song LIAO - Film Editor
Yoshihiro HANNO - Music
LIM Giong - Music
Duu-Chih TU - Audio engineer
Jun TAKEUCHI - Jun
Chen-Er NIU - Doze
Chun-Hao TUAN - Hao-Hao
Jack KAO - Jack
Yi-Hsuan CHEN - Xuan
SHU Qi - Vicky
Film poster © DR
