The Hole
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1h 29m
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang | 89 mins | 1999
It’s the close of the millennium and Taipei has emptied out with the onset of a mysterious virus, but Lee Kang-sheng and Yang Kuei-mei lag behind among the ruins, where maybe a last chance at communication lies through a breach between their apartments that slowly widens throughout this downbeat, glum-funny dystopian masterpiece, featuring songs by 1950s Hong Kong chart-topper Grace Chang.
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