the hole (1998)
Original title: dong
Production: France, USA, Taiwan|93 min
Dramatic, Horror, Catastrophic
one week to 2000: a mysterious virus is the cause of an uncontrollable epidemic in taiwan. in an apocalyptic scenario, with an incessant rain that has been falling for days, a young man has chosen to stay in his home. a plumber, arriving in the apartment building to repair a water leak, leaves a large hole in the floor. it is from this that the young man begins to spy on the moves of the woman who lives on the lower floor. for man it becomes an obsession, but it is not about voyeurism but rather about the beginning of a true bond in the midst of so much destruction. however, she too begins to experience the symptoms of the terrible disease.
Direction
Tsai Ming-Liang: regista
Production and Screenplay
Tsai Ming-Liang: sceneggiatore
Yang Pi-ying: sceneggiatore
Characters and Interpreters
la donna
l'uomo
Kang-Sheng Lee(età:30)
il cliente al mercato
l'idraulico
un vicino
il bambino
...
Technical staff
Grace Chang: musiche
Hsiao Ju-kuan: montatore
Lee Pao-lin: scenografo
Pen-Jung Liao: direttore della fotografia