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the hole (1998)

Original title: dong
Production: France, USA, Taiwan|93 min
Dramatic, Horror, Catastrophic
Poster of movie the hole
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-LiangTsai Ming-Liangregista

Production and Screenplay

Tsai Ming-LiangTsai Ming-Liangsceneggiatore
Yang Pi-yingsceneggiatore

Characters and Interpreters

l'uomo
il cliente al mercato
l'idraulico
un vicino
il bambino

Technical staff

Grace Changmusiche
Hsiao Ju-kuanmontatore
Lee Pao-linscenografo
Pen-Jung Liaodirettore della fotografia