Original Title: 爱情万岁
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin with English Subtitles
Runtime: 118 min
Rating: M18

Synopsis

Using a stolen apartment key, salesman Hsiao-kang secretly moves into a vacant unit for sale. He hides from real estate agent May Lin, who returns one night for a tryst with street peddler Ah-jung. Needing a place to stay, Ah-jung also begins squatting in the apartment. As the three silently, or unknowingly, share the condominium, they each long for a connection they cannot articulate.

Tsai Ming-liang’s slow-burn drama of repressed intimacies paints melancholic 1990s Taipei with raw minimalism and empathy. While the busy city is rife with movement, its inhabitants exist in a fog of urban malaise. The abandoned apartment becomes a home to unrequited desires.

This screening is part of the LANDMARK programme co-curated by the Asian Film Archive, as part of the Singapore International Film Festival. Tickets and more information here.

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