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THE HOLE
Synopsis
Seven days to the Twenty-first Century. Somewhere in Taiwan, the rain won't let up. A mysterious disease reaches epidemic proportions.A man in an apartment refuses to leave the quarantine zone. A plumber has been sent to check a leak for the downstairs neighbour. He leaves a sizeable hole in the middle of the man's room.
The man doesn't seem to mind the hole much. In fact, he finds the hole useful as a means of learning about his downstairs neighbour, a woman who stockpiles toilet paper. He quickly becomes fascinated by her.
But, one day, she gets sick...
Credits
- LEE Pao-lin - Set Designer
- TSAI Ming-Liang - Director
- TSAI Ming-Liang - Screenplay
- YANG Pi-Ying - Screenplay
- LIAO Peng-jung - Cinematography
- HSIAO Ju-kuan - Film Editor
Actors
Contacts and useful links
Production
MADRAGOA FILMES (Portugal)
GEMINI FILMS (France)
The Official Selection 1998
In Competition
- APRILE
- CEUX QUI M'AIMENT PRENDRONT LE TRAIN
- CLAIRE DOLAN
- CORAZON ILUMINADO
- DANCE ME TO MY SONG
- FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS
- FESTEN
- FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI
- HENRY FOOL
- IDIOTERNE
- ILLUMINATA
- KHROUSTALIOV, MA VOITURE !
- L'ÉCOLE DE LA CHAIR
- LA CLASSE DE NEIGE
- LA VENDEDORA DE ROSAS
- LA VIE REVEE DES ANGES
- LA VITA E BELLA
- MIA EONIOTITA KE MIA MERA
- MY NAME IS JOE
- THE GENERAL
- THE HOLE
- VELVET GOLDMINE