Taipei Exchanges (2010)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 22M
Director : Hsiao Ya-chuan
Sinopsis
Doris simply wanted to open a refined, stylish coffee shop in a bohemian Taipei neighborhood, but when she's stuck with a load of useless gifts from the opening celebration, her younger sister Josie turns the café into a burgeoning bartering business. There, even a soulful song (by Japanese singer Atari Kosuke in a cameo) is a tradable commodity. One day, a traveler brings in 35 soaps from around the world with a story for each of them, awakening Doris' imagination about the outside world that she has never seen.
El joven Hsiao Kang, excéntrico e introvertido, abandona la aldea donde vive con sus padres y se traslada a la deslumbrante Taipei. Allí se ve arrastrado a la vida en las calles de la ciudad y sus salas de máquinas. Muy pronto su vagabundeo le hará encontrarse por azar con Ah Tze, un joven delincuente que corteja a la bella Ah Kuei, que trabaja en la sala de patinaje sobre hielo. Hsiao Kang verá su vida perversa e indisolublemente ligada a la de Ah Tze y su novia Ah Kuei, a los que acechará desde las sombras.
Tang goes on a trip to Taitung to record the sounds of nature, hoping the tape may save his relationship with his girlfriend who is leaving him. What he does not know, is that she has already moved away and another girl, Yun, has moved into that apartment. Yun is trapped in a hopeless love triangle, and troubled by all the issues she faces in life. After listening to the tape that Tang sent, she feels as if the kindness of nature is calling her, and travels to Taitung to find the mysterious man who sends her the tape.
La película tiene lugar en un viejo cine de Taipei en el que se va a proyectar la épica película de artes marciales de 1967 dirigida por King Hu, Dragon Inn. No será una proyección más, será la última antes de que se cierren sus puertas para siempre.
Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him, and they track down his son, Red Fish, the leader of a street gang.
Los destinos de varios personajes se cruzan fortuitamente: una joven eurasiática que logra huir de una emboscada de la policía; un fotógrafo que capta el momento en el que su pareja es detenida; una escritora que recibe una llamada fortuita en la que una mujer le comunica que espera un hijo de su marido; y éste, que ve como el mundo se le derrumba.
Debido a la imposibilidad de ascender laboralmente, Chin decide buscar otro trabajo. Su ambición contrasta con la de su pareja, un comerciante cuya única pasión es el béisbol y quizá también una antigua novia, con la que se ha vuelto a encontrar en un viaje de negocios en Tokio.
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Hao, a chubby gay man, works as a janitor at a gay spa. For him, romantic relationships are an unreachable dream. One day, an attractive customer, Kai, walks into the place, and Hao has the opportunity to massage him.
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Agridulce comedia sobre la vida de Chu, un viejo chef de Taipei, viudo y con tres hijas (Jen, Chien y Ning) muy distintas pero con algo en común: la rebeldía. Un buen día, sus vidas empiezan a complicarse: una gruñona viuda se muda al apartamento de al lado, alguien se queda embarazada, alguien cae en una profunda depresión, alguien muere y alguien encuentra el amor verdadero. El reputado director Ang Lee volvió a Taiwán para contar otra historia de sentimientos y emociones.
A young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film.
NJ Jian, su esposa Min-Min y sus dos hijos forman una típica familia de clase media, que comparte su apartamento en Taipei con la anciana madre de Min-Min. NJ tiene 45 años y trabaja como socio en una empresa informática que el año anterior obtuvo importantes beneficios, pero que pronto podría quebrar si no cambia de estrategia. Las cosas empiezan a ir mal para los Jian cuando el hermano de Min-Min, Ah-Di, se casa. De alguna manera entre todos los problemas que tienen deben aprender lo hermosa que es la vida y cómo hay que cuidarla, sea cual sea la situación que nos toque vivir.
May, a woman singer from the mainland of China, suddenly loses her voice and has conflicts with Ah Lei, her producer and secret lover. In anger she goes to Old Town of Jingtong where she meets Xiao Mo, a warmhearted man. Xia Mo helps May find a place to stay, and finds her work at local restaurant. May finds happiness and consolation in the old streets of the small town, and her voice gets better and better.
Fei se gana la vida en la gran ciudad trabajando en la prostitución. Su mundo se derrumba cuando se da cuenta de que su familia acepta su dinero pero no su forma de vida ni su homosexualidad. Con el corazón roto, Fei lucha por comenzar una nueva vida.
Mr. Lin is a happily retired man who spends his time keeping company with his toddling grandson, walking his dog, and playing golf with his in-laws. Recently, he has been obsessed with houses with river views. In Lin's city of demolitions and reconstructions, money-making investors buy and sell houses at unaffordable prices. Above the skyline of Taipei, will the boundaries between daydreams and reality ever blur?
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Liang Ruoqing is a girl who, after being lied to and dumped by her ideal high-school boyfriend Ai Ren, develops love phobia and vows to never fall in love again. However, she meets a handsome doctor Lu Zhehan at her grandfather's hospital. Lu Zhehan seems to be the perfect guy but since she doesn't believe in "perfect" anymore, she thinks that he is too good to be true. Her new journey begins when she tries to show to all of the women that this doctor is not as good as everyone thinks he is, but fate is playing a trick on her. The more she tries to uncover his hidden evil nature, the more she discovers that he may be the right guy to cure her love phobia.
A bachelor who decides to propose to his girlfriend with his mother's ring only to have the ring accidentally knocked into the gutter by a boy. He experiences the crazy nightlife in Taipei and meets many interesting individuals throughout his mission to get the ring back.
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