Taipei Exchanges

May 14, 2010

1h 22m

★ 6.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Atom Films

Taipei Exchanges Trailers

Cast

Doris

Gwei Lun-Mei

Joise

Zaizai Lin

Chun-Ching

Chang Han

Yuli Ma

Japanese customer

Atari Kousuke

Pa Yu

Kenny Chang

Yu-Wen Chang

Hsu-Hu Yuan

Adriene Lin

Chun-chieh Lee

Tung-Kang Lee

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