Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Shu QiVicky
- Jack KaoJack
- Duan Chun-haoHao-Hao
- Doze Niu Cheng-TseDoze
- Jun TakeuchiJun
- Yi-Hsuan ChenXuan
- Ko TakeuchiKo
- Hsu Hui-NiCat
- Rio PengDao
- Pauline Chan
Recommendations
- 100
Film Threat
This extraordinary work of cinematic art is among the most sublime, compelling and beautifully crafted films to grace the big screen. - 100
Christian Science Monitor
This is a great companion piece to Hou's masterly "Flowers of Shanghai" and fresh evidence of his status as Taiwan's greatest filmmaker. - 88
New York Post
The film is dark, both literally and figuratively. Only at the very end do we get a glimpse of the sun. - 80
The A.V. Club
Millennium Mambo is a resolutely minor work, so enveloped in ennui that it never gets past the surface of things. But those surfaces are remarkable. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Jean-Luc Godard famously declared that all it takes to make a movie is a girl and a gun. Both turn up in Millennium Mambo, a ravishing bauble about la dolce vita in Taiwan, but frankly, the gun's an afterthought. This is a movie about the girl. - 75
Boston Globe
If Millennium Mambo is the only chance to see Hou Hsaio-hsien's work at a movie theater, you'd better take it. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Not much happens on the surface of Hou Hsiao Hsien's latest film...Nevertheless, it can break your heart. - 60
The New York Times
Despite its artistry, it seems to last nearly a millennium.
