Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo
File:Millennium mambo.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Produced by	Chu Tien-wen Gilles Ciment Eric Heumann Wen-Ying Huang
Written by	Chu Tien-wen
Starring	SHU Qi Jack Kao Chun-hao Tuan Yi-Hsuan Chen
Narrated by	Shu Qi
Music by	Yoshihiro Hanno Giong Lim
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin
Edited by	Ching-Song Liao
Distributed by	Palm Pictures (USA)
Release dates	October 31, 2001 (France) November 28, 2001 (Belgium) July 21, 2002 (Spain) November 21, 2002 (Netherlands) May 23, 2003 (South Korea)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

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

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 (Du-Che Tu 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 (Du-Che Tu)

External links

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