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GOODBYE DRAGON INN

Feature Film

Year: 2003
Production Company: Homegreen Films  
Director: TSAI Ming-Liang  
Scriptwriter: TSAI Ming-Liang  
Producer: LIANG Hong-Zhi  
Actor/Actress: LEE Kang-Sheng  YANG Kuei-Mei  CHEN Shiang-Chyi  三田村恭伸  SHIH Chun  MIAO Tien  Jeff Chen  
Others : LIAO Pen-Jung  TU Duu-chih  TANG Shiang-Chu  CHEN Sheng-Chang  
Synopsis :

A young Japanese man runs into an old theater for refuge from the pouring rain. The theater appears empty, void of life, yet there are other presences than just the few spectators... The crippled female ticket clerk and the young projectionist have never been able to meet, even though they both work in the same theater, day after day. Since tonight is her last chance, the pretty clerk wants to share her peach-shaped fortune cake with the handsome projectionist. But when she stops by the projection room, he is not there. She refuses to leave the theater without one last look at him. She searches for him through the labyrinth-like passageways of the old movie house... The gigantic screen glows with DRAGON INN, a hit swordplay movie 36 years ago. The Japanese guy notices a couple men who look very much like the actors on screen. Older now, sitting in the dark and empty theater. Watching their own movie, reminiscing, mourning... Are these persons real? Or are they spirits who refuse to leave?

Color : Color
Running time: 82 min
Language: Chinese
Film Type : Fiction
Genre : Literary
Format : 35mm
Rating: Protected
Festivals & Awards : 2003 Best Taiwanese Film of the Year (winner) and Best Feature Film (nomination) of the 40th Golden Horse Awards
2003 Selected into the Competition and winning the FIPRESCI Prize of the 60th Venice International Film Festival
2003 The 28th Toronto International Film Festival
2003 Dragons and Tigers of the 22nd Vancouver International Film Festival
2003 A Window on Asian Cinema of the 8th Busan International Film Festival
2003 Gold Plaque (winner) of the 39th Chicago International Film Festival
2003 The 41st New York Film Festival
2003 The 27th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
2003 Jury Award (winner) and Best Supporting Actress Award (for Kuei-Mei Yang) of the 48th Asia Pacific Film Festival
2003 World Cinema of the 47th London Film Festival
2003 Golden Maile Award (nominee) of the 23rd Hawaii International Film Festival
2003 Winds of Asia of the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival
2003 Belgrade International Film Festival
2003 Best Director (won by Tsai Ming-Liang) and Young Audience Award of the Festival des trois continents, Nantes
2004 Cinema Regained of the 33rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
2004 Closing Film of the 28th Hong Kong International Film Festival
2019 Special Event of the Venice International Film Festival
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Posted date:2005/03/16
Updated:2022/08/08