Synopsis
Three key events during three different time periods, in three seasons, and on three nights culminate to change the life of Zhang Dong Ling.
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Cast
- Lee Hong ChiYoung Zhang Dong Ling
- Jack KaoAdult Zhang Dong Ling
- Louise GrinbergAra
- Ding NingBig Sister Wang
- Huang LuYoung Yu Fang
- Linda LiuAdult Yu Fang
- Chang Kuo-Chu
- Shih Chin-Hang
- Ivy Yin
- Chang-Ying HsiehTeenage Zhang Dong Ling
Recommandations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Though it takes a little while for the film to find its footing, this is an ambitious and, finally, also touching new work from Pinoy Sunday director Ho Wi Ding. - 80
Screen Daily
The film is at its most arresting in its slick neo noir middle section. - 70
Los Angeles Times
A surprisingly effective slice of dystopian noir. - 70
Variety
Cities of Last Things has a puzzle-box structure that makes it seem complex and that tasks us with teasing out allusions and associations that a straighter telling would miss, but emotionally it is also simple: Nestled in the middle of this loop-the-loop enigma, skewering the slippery narrative to its timeline like a pin through the heart, it’s a love story. - 60
CineVue
In drawing on a melange of influences, Ho’s film succeeds in using fractured time as way of puzzling together the essential drives that move a city and its inhabitants. - 50
The New York Times
As the full picture comes into focus, the narrative can tend toward the trite. The chief pleasure of the movie is the 35-millimeter cinematography of Jean Louis Vialard.
