Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo
Millennium Mambo
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by	Chu T’ien-wen
Produced by	Chu T’ien-wen; Gilles Ciment; Eric Heumann; Wen-Ying Huang;
Starring	Shu Qi; Jack Kao; Chun-hao Tuan; Yi-Hsuan Chen;
Narrated by	Shu Qi
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Ching-Song Liao
Music by	Yoshihiro Hanno; Giong Lim;
Distributed by	Palm Pictures (U.S.)
Release dates	19 May 2001 (Cannes); 17 November 2001 (Taiwan);
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Millennium Mambo (Chinese: 千禧曼波; pinyin: Qiānxī Mànbō) is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Plot[]

The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi, narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new millennium. She works as a hostess in a trendy bar. Vicky is torn between two men, Hao-Hao and Jack, and her journeys display the parallel journey of the psyche and how one girl deals with her fleeting youth.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Shu Qi	Vicky
Jack Kao	Jack
	Hao-Hao
	Xuan
Jun Takeuchi	Jun
Doze Niu	Doze

Pauline Chan

According to Maggie Cheung from a press conference for In the Mood for Love, she and Tony Leung Chiu-wai were initially tapped to play the main roles for the film.^[1]

Awards and nominations[]

2001 Cannes Film Festival^[2]
- Won: Technical Grand Prize ( for sound design)
- Nominated: Palme d'Or
Chicago International Film Festival
- Won: Silver Hugo (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
Ghent International Film Festival
- Won: Best Director (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
- Nominated: Grand Prix
Golden Horse Film Festival
- Won: Best Cinematography (Pin Bing Lee)
- Won: Best Original Score (Lim Giong)
- Won: Best Sound Effects (Tu Duu-Chih)

References[]

^ "In The Mood For Love Press Conference at the TIFF". YouTube. Films Extras. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
^ "Festival de Cannes: Millennium Mambo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

External links[]

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[1] "In The Mood For Love Press Conference at the TIFF". YouTube. Films Extras. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

[festival-cannes.com-2] "Festival de Cannes: Millennium Mambo". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 17 October 2009.

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