The Hole (Tsai Ming-liang, 1998): Close-Up Cinema, 8.15pm
This film, introduced by Hope Rangaswami, is part of the 'Strange Encounters' season at Close-Up Cinema. Full details here.
Time Out review:
The last week before the 21st century: a mysterious epidemic has
resulted in mass evacuation from Taipei, with only a few residents
refusing to leave their homes, two of whom - a man and the woman who
lives in the flat below - become involved in a mysterious, unspoken
relationship when the latter's ceiling collapses, due to the non-stop
rain, and they suddenly become aware of one another. The premise is
weird enough, but interrupting the metaphorical story with delightfully
amateurish song and dance sequences (by way of homage to '50s star Grace
Chang, though they also reflect on the woman's fantasies) takes it
still further into uncharted territory. Somehow, it all comes off: the
characters are depicted with insight and wit, the mood is kept
controlled, and the ending is genuinely moving. Idiosyncratic, of
course, but immensely impressive.
Geoff Andrew
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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