Four Taipei loners, one chaotic typhoon night, zero chill about cockroaches.
The film has four main-storylines. A shoe store girl who likes Tony Leung, a couple who is suffering from cockroaches and is looking for a new apartment, a salesperson who is worried about his ex-wife, and a young actor from a small theater group who is afraid of being seen naked by his mother.
Writing
Four storylines that somehow all peak during the same typhoon.
Acting
The theater kid's naked panic is Oscar-worthy secondhand embarrassment.
Production
Cockroach cameos deserve their own billing in the credits.
Director
Yen Hung-ya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Episodic city films like this became a signature of early 2000s Taiwanese indie cinema, capturing pre-gentrification Taipei.
The cockroach scenes used real insects; one reportedly crawled into a lead actor's ear and they kept filming.
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