A young man learns about love in the nightmarkets of Taipei.
Direction
Chen squeezes a feature's worth of longing into eleven minutes.
Cinematography
Nightmarket glow that makes fluorescent lights romantic somehow.
Acting
Jack Yao's wordless pining should be illegal this effective.
Director
Arvin Chen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Arvin Chen expanded this short into his 2010 feature 'Au Revoir Taipei,' keeping the nightmarket romance DNA intact.
Taiwanese nightmarkets function as social equalizers—strangers from all classes collide over cheap eats, making transient romance uniquely possible.
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