26 October 2012

Vive L'Amour (Taiwan, 1994)

The film focuses on three city folks who unknowingly share the same apartment: Mei, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-ang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat. 

Vive L'Amour is as its title implies, a film about love, but not in any convential way. It's about three people who's lives become entangled through an apartment. It's minimalistic in its execution with extremely little dialogue, and takes place mainly around the same rooms the whole movie. Quiet and subtle, yet very emotional. An unforgettable, powerful experience and features a scene which actually made me unconsciously hold my breath. Powerful.



Genre: Drama. 1h 58min.

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