Parking (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Chung Mong-Hong |
| Written by | Chung Mong-Hong |
| Starring | Chang Chen Gwei Lun-mei Leon Dai Chapman To Jack Kao Peggy Tseng Lin Kai-jung |
| Cinematography | Chung Mong-Hong |
| Edited by | Lo Shih-Jing |
| Music by | An Dong |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
Parking (Chinese: 停車; pinyin: Tíngchē) is a 2008 Taiwanese movie.
Synopsis
On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen-Mo (Chang Chen) makes a dinner date with his wife (Gwei Lun-mei), hoping to improve their estranged relationship. While he is buying a cake on his way home, a car double-parks next to his, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen-Mo searches for the owner of the car and encounters a succession of strange events and eccentric characters: an old couple living with their precocious granddaughter who have lost their only son; a one-armed barbershop owner cooking fish-head soup; a mainland Chinese prostitute trying to escape her pimp’s cruel clutches; and a Hong-Kong tailor embroiled in debt and captured by underground loan sharks.
Cast
- Chang Chen as Chen Mo
- Gwei Lun-mei as Chen Mo's Wife
- Leon Dai as Pimp
- Chapman To as Tailor
- Jack Kao as Barber
- Peggy Tseng as Hooker
- Tou Chung-hua as Gang Leader
- Lai-Yin Yang
- Lin Kai-jung as Barber's Granddaughter
- Holger Chen as Gang Member
Festivals
- Cannes Film Festival 2008 – Un Certain Regard
- Montreal World Film Festival 2008
- Bangkok International Film Festival 2008
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2008
- Pusan International Film Festival 2008
- Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2008
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008
- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 – Opening Film
- !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival 2009
- Spokane International Film Festival 2009
- 2009 Adelaide Film Festival
- Osaka Asian Film Festival 2009
- Bradford International Film Festival 2009
- Taiwan London Cinefest 2009
- Barcelona Asian Film Festival
- Silk Screen Film Festival 2009
- Wisconsin Film Festival 2011
Award
- Golden Horse Award, Best Art Direction – FIPRESCI Critics Award: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008
- Best New Talent - Audience Favourite Film: Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008
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