Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo
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Directed by	Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by	Chu T’ien-wen
Produced by	Chu T’ien-wen Gilles Ciment Eric Heumann Wen-Ying Huang
Starring	SHU Qi Jack Kao Chun-hao Tuan Yi-Hsuan Chen
Narrated by	Shu Qi
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Ching-Song Liao
Music by	Yoshihiro Hanno Giong Lim
Distributed by	Palm Pictures (United States)
Release dates	19 May 2001 (2001-05-19) (Cannes) 17 November 2001 (2001-11-17) (Taiwan)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Millennium Mambo (Chinese: 千禧曼波; pinyin: Qiānxī Mànbō) is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Plot

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
  • Won: Technical Grand Prize (Tu Duu-Chih for sound design)
  • 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 (Tu Duu-Chih)

External links

• Millennium Mambo at IMDb
• Millennium Mambo at AllMovie
• HK cinemagic entry