Millennium Mambo
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- Movie: Millennium Mambo
- Chinese: Qianxi manbo (千禧曼波)
- Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
- Writer:
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: May 19, 2001
- Runtime: 119 min.
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: Taiwan, France
Plot
First seen in a kind of advertisement for herself, teenage Vicky (Shu) is presented in a long take and carefree slo-mo walking through the fluorescent arches of a grimy pedestrian overpass somewhere in Taipei. Her narcissism is a given, although rarely again will she ever seem so active and free, as the movie immediately flashes back to her convoluted past. Millennium Mambo basically concerns Vicky's unsatisfying relationships with two men—her youthful lover, the druggie layabout, sometime-DJ Hao-hao (Tuan Chun-hao), and a somewhat older gangster, Jack (Jack Kao), whom she meets while working as a bar hostess.
Cast
- Qi Shu - Vicky
- Jack Kao - Jack
- Chun-hao Tuan - Hao-Hao
- Yi-Hsuan Chen - Xuan
- Jun Takeuchi - Jun
- Doze Niu - Doze
