Betelnut Beauty
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- Movie: Betelnut Beauty
- Chinese: Ai ni ai wo / 爱你爱我
- Director: Cheng-sheng Lin
- Writer: Cheng-sheng Lin
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: February 13, 2001
- Runtime: 105 min
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: Taiwan / France
Plot
In 21st Century Taipei, a restless city where young souls are set adrift, Feng and Fei-fei meet in a sudden summer afternoon thunderstorm. Feng, fresh out of the army, has just made a beeline for Taipei, eager to start a new life. Fei-fei has also recently turned a new page in her young life, having just run away from home. Fei-fei teams up with her friend, Yili, who works at a nightclub. They become "betelnut beauties" hawking their fare from a roadside stall of glass and neon. Betelnut, a legally sold chewing pepper that produces an effect not unlike marijuana, is a favorite among the working class men. Feng and Fei-fei quickly fall in love, two clueless souls clinging desperately to each other as they try to keep up with the punishing rush of city life.
Cast
- Chen Chang - Feng
- Angelica Lee - Fei-fei
- Chen-Nan Tsai - Ming
- Ming-chun Kao - Guang
- Kelly Kuo - Yili
- Leon Dai - Tiger
- Chao-yi Tsai - Xing
- Yu-hui Sun - Fei-fei's Mother
- I-Chen Ko - Fei-fei's Father
- Jun-ming Chou - Ah-Guang's Gang
- Rui-fu Geng - Ming's Gang
- Guang-yue Kao - Tiger's Gang
- Meng-jai Kao - Ah-Guang's Gang
- Giong Lim - Actor (as Chung Lin)
- David Lin - Ming's Gang
- Chong-yuan Su - Tiger's Gang
- Hsian-chi Wang - Owner of Bakery
