Directed by Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | 95 mins
Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, a pandemic deadpan comedy musical like you've never seen before. Two people in adjacent apartments who disobey evacuation orders in the face of a mysterious disease begin an antagonistic awareness of each other when a plumber leaves behind a small hole. Punctuated with glamorous musical fantasies that vividly contrast with the rain-soaked urban decay of the characters' surroundings, the film is a complex mixture of humour, melancholy, and wonder.
Rating: 14A
Part of our Adversity & Resilience Series.
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