Directed by:
Kuo-fu ChenCast:
Chao-jung Chen, Rene Liu, Doze Niu, Shih-Chieh Chin, Wu Bai, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Sophia Lu, Yue-Ru YuPlots(1)
Rene Liu gives a lustrous performance as the complicated and strong-willed Dr. Du Jiazhen, who navigates through a world of thwarted dreams and endless longing in her determination to find a mate. Like the scientist she is, she approaches the process in a very logical and rational way: she places an ad in the newspaper and arranges meetings at a local restaurant with the men who respond. The always awkward encounters range from the very funny to the very strange as she sorts through this hapless and inappropriate group of suitors which includes everyone from a shoe fetishist to a pimp looking for new call girls.
As Du struggles through her search, we learn more and more about her life and her reasons for enduring this humiliating process. The apparently innocent Du is not all we've been led to believe, but with a secret objective that unfolds through the phone messages and diary entries she leaves.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Chao-jung Chen
Taiwan
Best movies:
Vive L'Amour (1994)
Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
The River (1997)
Rene Liu
Taiwan
Best movies:
A World Without Thieves (2004)
Starry Starry Night (2011)
Hot Summer Days (2010)
Doze Niu
Taiwan
Best movies:
One Mile Above (2011)
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
Love (2012)
Shih-Chieh Chin
Taiwan
Best movies:
The Terrorizers (1986)
Duckweed (2017)
Reign of Assassins (2010)
Wu Bai
Taiwan
Best movies:
New Police Story (2004)
Time and Tide (2000)
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)
Hsiu-Ling Lin
Taiwan
Best movies:
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
Taipei Story (1985)
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
Sophia Lu
Taiwan
Best movies:
Campus Confidential (2013)
The Tenants Downstairs (2016)
Black & White Episode 2: The Dawn of Justice (2014)
Yue-Ru Yu
Taiwan