Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo (Chinese: 千禧曼波; pinyin: Qiānxī Mànbō) is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Millennium Mambo
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Directed byHou Hsiao-hsien
Produced byChu T’ien-wen
Gilles Ciment
Eric Heumann
Wen-Ying Huang
Written byChu T’ien-wen
StarringShu Qi
Jack Kao
Chun-hao Tuan
Yi-Hsuan Chen
Narrated byShu Qi
Music byYoshihiro Hanno
Giong Lim
CinematographyMark Lee Ping Bin
Edited byChing-Song Liao
Distributed byPalm Pictures (United States)
Release date
  • 19 May 2001 (2001-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) (Taiwan)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

Plot

The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi, narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new millennium. She works as a hostess in a trendy bar. Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack, and her journeys display the parallel journey of the psyche and how one girl deals with her fleeting youth.

Cast

Actor Role
Shu QiVicky
Jack KaoJack
Tuan Chun-haoHao-Hao
Chen Yi-HsuanXuan
Jun TakeuchiJun
Doze NiuDoze
Jenny Tseng Yan Lei
Pauline Chan
Huang Xiao Chu

According to Maggie Cheung from a press conference for In the Mood for Love, she and Tony Leung Chiu-wai were initially tapped to play the main roles for the film.[1]

Awards and nominations

  • 2001 Cannes Film Festival[2]
    • Won: Technical Grand Prize (Tu Duu-Chih for sound design)
    • Nominated: Palme d'Or
  • Chicago International Film Festival
    • Won: Silver Hugo (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
  • Ghent International Film Festival
    • Won: Best Director (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
    • Nominated: Grand Prix
  • Golden Horse Film Festival
    • Won: Best Cinematography (Pin Bing Lee)
    • Won: Best Original Score (Lim Giong)
    • Won: Best Sound Effects (Tu Duu-Chih)
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References

  1. "In The Mood For Love Press Conference at the TIFF". YouTube. Films Extras. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Millennium Mambo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 October 2009.


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