Vive l'Amour - Long live love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Vive l'Amour - Long live love |
| Original title | àiqíng wàn suì (愛情 萬歲 ) |
| Country of production | Taiwan |
| original language | Mandarin |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 118 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tsai Ming-liang |
| script | Tsai Ming-liang, Yi-chun Tsai , Pi-ying Yang |
| production |
Hu-pin Chung , Hsu Li-Kong , Feng-Chyt Jiang |
| camera | Pen-jung Liao, Ming-kuo Lin |
| cut | Shia-cheng Sung |
| occupation | |
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Vive l'Amour - Long live love ( Chinese 愛情 萬歲 / 爱情 万岁 , Pinyin àiqíng wàn suì ) is a feature film by the Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang .
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Vive l'Amour is a slowly evolving film about alienation in a modern city. Hsiao-kang works in a funeral home; he sells niches in an urn hall. Mei is a real estate agent. Ah-jung sells women's clothing in a doorway. Without knowing each other, the two men live in the realtor's apartment. On a cold winter night they meet in an empty apartment.
Reviews
“A protracted study about aimlessness and being at home that purports to reflect an attitude towards life. The consciously taciturn staging, formally at best mediocre, ends in a slapstick finale. "
Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival (Taipei)
- 1994 Winner of the Golden Horse Awards for Best Director (Tsai Ming-Liang), Best Picture (Hu-pin Chung and Li-Kong Hsu), and Best Sound (Ching-Ang Yang). Nominated for Best Actor (Kang-sheng Lee)
Venice Film Festival
- In 1994 the film won the Golden Lion (together with Before the Rain by Milčo Mančevski ) for the best film, Tsai Ming-Liang was also awarded the FIPRESCI Prize of the international film critics and journalists association FIPRESCI at the festival .
Singapore International Film Festival
- 1995 Tsai Ming-Liang received a Silver Screen Award for the best Asian feature film and Kuei-Mei Yang for the best actress.
Web links
- Vive l'Amour - Long Live Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review on nachfilm.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vive l'Amour - Long live love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 15, 2017 .