Taipei 24H

Oct 9, 2009

1h 34m

★ 6.8

Overview

Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang makes a rare appearance visiting a late night coffee shop. Taipei 24H is a contemporary urban chronicle of a city rarely at sleep.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Megan Lai

Matt Wu

Li Kuan-yi

Mo Tzu-yi

Wang Xian-han

Wu Kang-ren

Boss's Woman

Hsu Wei-ning

Sean Su

Akio Chen

Mami Ku

Ven Kao

Tsai Ming-shiou

In the early 1950s, even the small villages in Taiwan were bathed in the atmosphere of White Terror. It was a difficult time for all. There was a beautiful young woman called A-zhen. She always felt that there was something weird in her house since she got married to her husband, A-yi, the village glassblower. A-zhen was very curious about the mystery surrounding the wall in her house. So, one day, she decided to investigate the real secret behind the wall.

6.1

Shabbat Dinner

Jun 16, 2012

Shabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is drunk and berating their oddball guests, and he doesn't have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tells him that he has just come out as gay.

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4.2

Secretos conocidos

Jan 2, 2011

Jesus buys and sells little girls and hates himself for it. Frank abuses little boys even though they are his family, and the Judge tries to stop it all. We know them all, they are our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters ans friends, and yet it all remains such a big secret known by us all.

4.8

Butterflies Do Not Drink Coffee

Aug 17, 2009

Pierre is a very shy man in his sixties, with no family or friends and who just retired. What will he do now?

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6.3

Oli's Wedding

Dec 1, 2009

Alone in his kitchen in Bucharest, Dorel prepares for what seems to be a party. Actually, it’s his son’s wedding which takes place in the United States. Dorel is going to watch the wedding through a webcam, together with two of his son’s friends. On a small screen, they are about to meet the bride and her father, and witness the ceremony.

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3.4

Family Dinner

Jan 28, 2012

In the prosperous and chic apartment of the Christiansson family there are odd things going on. While Niclas is in the kitchen preparing dinner, in the bathroom an adultery is being committed through new technologies. Maja is exchanging kinky messages on her mobile phone from the bathtub while her husband and daughter are impatiently waiting for her to have a family dinner. Even when her phone is out of battery, she cannot bring herself to stop.

4.9

The Village

Jul 7, 2010

A doctor mysteriously discovers that he is required urgently at the village to offer his services. He arrives there after a long and difficult journey, only to discover that the village is empty.

6.9

The Natural Route

Oct 1, 2004

Soon a man will find out that his destiny is already written and that he can't do anything to change it.

4.5

Marios and the Raven

Dec 7, 2010

Marios invites his children to the village to celebrate his fifty-three years. It seems filled but his happiness is more fragile than it seems ...

7.0

The Lighthouse by the Sea

Sep 15, 1911

The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman. One night he receives a message announcing the shipwreck...

5.0

The Apple

May 21, 1963

A man's repeated attempts to retrieve an apple off a high tree branch all prove fruitless. What does he want the apple for? That would be telling.

8.2

A Brighter Summer Day

Jul 27, 1991

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

5.0

Apolitical Romance

Sep 27, 2013

A China-Taiwan cross-cultural rom-com with an excellent, unforced chemistry between its leads, Apolitical Romance follows Mainland girl (Huang Lu) as she visits Taiwan and gets involved with a local guy (Bryan Chang) who helps her track down her grandmother’s first love from 60-odd years ago.