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Working as a hostess in a trendy bar, a young beauty finds herself mercilessly torn between two men: Hao-hao, her neurotic and jealous live-in boyfriend, and Jack, the mysterious and enterprising gangster who may be her undoing. Chronicles the fleeting, finite blooming of a young woman.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: San san dian ying zhi zuo you xian gong si, Paradis film (Firm), Orly Films, Palm Pictures, Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Other Authors: Zhu, Tianwen, Heumann, Eric, Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947-, Shu, Qi, 1976-, Gao, Jie, 1958-, Tuan, Chun-hao, Li, Pingbin, 1954-, Liao, Qingsong, 1950-, Hwang, Wern-ying, Lin, Qiang, 1964-, Hanno, Yoshihiro
Format: Video DVD
Language:Chinese
Language Notes:Mandarin dialogue, English subtitles.
Published: New York, NY : Palm Pictures, [2004]
Subjects:
Food service hostesses > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Gangsters > Drama.
Food service hostesses.
Gangsters.
Man-woman relationships.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Taiwanese.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Description
Summary:Working as a hostess in a trendy bar, a young beauty finds herself mercilessly torn between two men: Hao-hao, her neurotic and jealous live-in boyfriend, and Jack, the mysterious and enterprising gangster who may be her undoing. Chronicles the fleeting, finite blooming of a young woman.
Item Description:Title from disc menu.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Special features: theatrical trailer; interview with director Hou Hsiao-Hsien; extended and deleted scenes; previews; weblinks.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, Region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language, drug content and some sexuality.
Awards:Winner, Technical Grand Prize, Cannes Film Festival, 2001.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Mark Lee Ping-bing ; editor, Liao Ching-sung ; production designer, Hwang Wern-ying ; music, Lim Giong and Yoshihiro Hanno.