Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.
Direction
Yang's doomed-romantic Taipei: humid, lonely, electric.
Writing
Con artists so charming you'll root for your own robbery.
Director
Edward Yang
Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen
Luen-Luen
Chang Chen
Hong Kong
Tang Tsung-sheng
Red Fish
Virginie Ledoyen
Marthe
Kaizo Hayashi
Policeman
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Mother of Red Fish
Wang Chi-tsan
Little Buddha
Ko I-chen
Luen-Luen's Father
Wang Bosen
Gangster in Red Suit
Chang Kuo-Chu
Red Fish's Father
Carrie Ng Ka-Lai
Angela
Hsu Ming
John
Ku Pao-Ming
Qiu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Taiwan's wild democratization era, the film captures a city literally tearing itself down and rebuilding.
Virginie Ledoyen spoke zero Mandarin; Yang fed her lines phonetically moments before shooting.
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