Au Revoir Taipei
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Au Revoir Taipei |
| Original title |
一頁 臺北 Yí yè Táiběi |
| Country of production | Taiwan , United States |
| original language | Chinese |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arvin Chen |
| script | Arvin Chen |
| production | Oi Leng Lui In-Ah Lee Wei-Jan Liu Wim Wenders |
| music | Wen Hsu |
| camera | Michael Fimognari |
| cut | Justin Guerrieri |
| occupation | |
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Au Revoir Taipei is a 2010 romantic comedy that focuses on both love and the city of Taipei . It is the feature film debut of the Taiwanese director Arvin Chen and is best known in Germany for participating in the 2010 Berlinale .
action
Kai lives in Taipei, works in his parents' noodle shop and has a long-distance relationship with his girlfriend in Paris. To visit her, he makes a deal with the seedy brother Bao: Bao finances the plane ticket to France and in return Kai agrees to deliver a mysterious package.
The film shows Kai's last night in Taipei, where he and Susie, who works in a bookstore and shows a cautious interest in Kai, become embroiled in a turbulent sequence of events. Jiyong, Kai's best friend, Hong, Gao's right-hand man and leader of a group of young gangsters, and an unhappily in love policeman also appear.
Through a number of misunderstandings, car chases and a kidnapping, the goal of Paris takes a back seat. Instead, Kai discovers Taipei as the "city of love".
reception
In German-speaking countries, Au Revoir Taipei was generally positively received by the critics.
Cinema.de called the film a comic love story and wrote: Arvin Chen's feature film debut is a declaration of love for the films of the Nouvelle Vague. His playful romantic comedy does not reach the class of Godard […] or Truffaut […]. But the lightheartedness with which Chen tells his story is definitely reminiscent of the great role models.
Awards
- Berlin International Film Festival 2010
- Netpac Award for Arvin Chen
- Cinemanila International Film Festival 2010
- Nomination for the Lino Brocka Award in the International Competition category
- Deauville Asian Film Festival 2010
- Lotus Award in the Jury Prize category
- Nomination for the Lotus Award in the Best Film category
- San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 2010
- Audience Award in the Best Narrative category
Web links
- Au Revoir Taipei in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official page for the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Collection of criticisms on film-zeit.de ( memento of the original from February 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 9, 2017).
- ↑ Review on cinema.de (accessed on January 9, 2017).
- ↑ Winner of the Berlinale 2010 (accessed on April 11, 2013; PDF; 517 kB).
- ^ Winner of the Deauville Asian Film Festival 2010 (accessed April 11, 2013).
- ^ Winner of the CAAM 2010 ( Memento of March 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on April 11, 2013).
