Directed by:
Arvin ChenScreenplay:
Arvin ChenCinematography:
Shao-Yu HsiaComposer:
Wen HsuCast:
Richie Ren, Mavis Fan, Kimi Hsia, Lawrence Ko, Chin-Hang Shih, Shao-Huai Chang, Vivi Lee, Stephen Ka-Lok Wong, Hsing Chen YehVOD (1)
Plots(1)
Introverted Weichung has been married to Feng for nine years. They have one son together, and Feng would like to have another child with him. One day Stephen, an old friend who now organises weddings, appears and encourages Weichung to return to the gay life he had previously. Anxious not to lose his wife, Weichung tentatively begins seeing a flight attendant behind Feng's back.
Weichung's impulsive sister Mandy dumps her fiancée San-San in the middle of a supermarket. She is equally at a loss and dreams of being with a soap star. Good-natured but desperate San-San tries to woo her back with ever more romantic ideas. While Stephen and even Feng's mother persist in meddling in the couples' affairs, Feng becomes an independent woman.
Chen Arvin's charming film brings classical approaches to partnerships into playful disarray. He comically opens up the borders of the nuclear family, integrating it into a diverse community which manages to strike a balance between independence and the forming of bonds, friendship and sexual fulfilment.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Richie Ren
Taiwan
Best movies:
Exiled (2006)
Fly Me to Polaris (1999)
Breaking News (2004)
Mavis Fan
Taiwan
Best movies:
About Love (2005)
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011)
Kimi Hsia
Taiwan
Best movies:
Zone Pro Site (2013)
Lawrence Ko
Taiwan
Best movies:
Extravagant Challenge (2011) (series)
Dust in the Wind (1986)
Yi Yi (2000)
Chin-Hang Shih
Taiwan
Best movies:
Starry Starry Night (2011)
Shao-Huai Chang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Extravagant Challenge (2011) (series)
The Great Buddha + (2017)
One Mile Above (2011)
Vivi Lee
Taiwan
Best movies:
You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
Stephen Ka-Lok Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Nightfall (2012)
Choy Lee Fut (2011)
Badges of Fury (2013)
Hsing Chen Yeh
Taiwan
Best movies:
Kano (2014)