Underplayed Gems

What Time Is It There? (2001)

What Time Is It There? poster
Original title
你那邊幾點
Directed by
Tsai Ming-liang
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan, France
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 120 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A watch seller in Taipei becomes obsessed with changing the time on his clocks after selling a watch to a woman who then travels to Paris. The film intercuts his quiet routines in Taiwan with her solitary experiences in a foreign city.

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What happens

What Time Is It There? is a 2001 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It stars Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, and Lu Yi-ching. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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