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Millennium Mambo 
DVD coverDirected by Hou Hsiao-Hsien Produced by Chu Tien-wen
Gilles Ciment
Eric Heumann
Wen-Ying HuangWritten by Chu Tien-wen Narrated by Qi Shu Starring Qi Shu
Jack Kao
Chun-hao Tuan
Yi-Hsuan ChenMusic by Yoshihiro Hanno
Giong LimCinematography Pin Bing Lee Editing by Ching-Song Liao Distributed by Palm Pictures (USA) Release date(s) 
October 31, 2001
November 28, 2001
July 21, 2002
November 21, 2002
May 23, 2003Running time 119 minutes Country Taiwan Language Mandarin Millennium Mambo (Chinese: 千禧曼波; pinyin: Qiānxī Mànbō) directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien, is a 2001 film.
Contents
Synopsis
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 Qi Shu Vicky Jack Kao Jack Tuan Chun-hao Hao-Hao Chen Yi-Hsuan Xuan Jun Takeuchi Jun Doze Niu Doze Jenny Tseng Yan Lei Pauline Chan Huang Xiao Chu Awards and nominations
- 2001 Cannes Film Festival[1]
- Won: Technical Grand Prize (Du-Che Tu)
- 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 (Du-Che Tu)
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Millennium Mambo". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1100069/year/2001.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
External links
- Millennium Mambo at the Internet Movie Database
- Millennium Mambo at AllRovi
- HK cinemagic entry
Films directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien 1980s Cute Girls (1980) · Cheerful Wind (1981) · The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982) · The Sandwich Man (1983) · The Boys From Fengkuei (1983) · A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) · A Time to Live, A Time to Die (1985) · Dust in the Wind (1986) · Daughter of the Nile (1987) · A City of Sadness (1989)1990s The Puppetmaster (1993) · Good Men, Good Women (1995) · Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996) · Flowers of Shanghai (1998)2000s Millennium Mambo (2001) · Café Lumière (2003) · Three Times (2005) · The Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)Shorts The Electric Princess House (2007)
Cinema of TaiwanActors • Directors • Films A–Z • Chronology of films • Cinematographers • Producers • Screenwriters • Submissions to the Academy AwardCategories:- Taiwanese films
- 2001 films
- 2000s drama films
- Mandarin-language films
- Films directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
- 2000s romance films
- 2000s romance film stubs
- Taiwanese film stubs
- 2001 Cannes Film Festival[1]
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