Vive L’Amour
Singapore Premiere
Tsai Ming-liang Taiwan 1994 118 min M18 (Sexual Scenes)
In cold, urban Taipei, the lives of three lonely people converge as they unwittingly inhabit the same luxury apartment.
Using a stolen apartment key, salesman Hsiao-kang secretly moves into a vacant unit for sale. He hides from real estate agent May Lin, who returns one night for a tryst with street peddler Ah-jung. Needing a place to stay, Ah-jung also begins squatting in the apartment. As the three silently, or unknowingly, share the condominium, they each long for a connection they cannot articulate.
Tsai Ming-liang’s slow-burn drama of repressed intimacies paints melancholic 1990s Taipei with raw minimalism and empathy. While the busy city is rife with movement, its inhabitants exist in a fog of urban malaise. The abandoned apartment becomes a home to unrequited desires.
1 Dec, Sun 8:00PM / 118 min
Oldham Theatre
3 Dec, Tue 2:00PM / 118 min
Oldham Theatre
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Vive L'Amour
爱情万岁
Tsai Ming-liang
Taiwan
1994
Mandarin
English
118 min
M18 (Sexual Scenes)
Singapore Premiere
Tsai Ming-liang
Tsai Ming-liang is a Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker known for his Taiwanese New Wave classics such as Rebels of the Neon God (1992), The Hole (1998) and Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003). Vive L’Amour won the Golden Lion at Venice and received the Best Asian Feature Film award at the 8th SGIFF.
Hsu Li-Kang
Lee Kang-sheng,
Yang Kuei-mei,
Chen Zhao-rong
