The Human Comedy (2002)

Original title

人間喜劇

Directed by

Hung Hung

Genre

anthology film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film draws from four ancient Chinese stories about filial piety and connects them to life in contemporary Taipei. A theater troupe performs a play by a late Taiwanese playwright, adding a layer of meta-commentary.

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What happens

《人間喜劇》（英語：The Human Comedy）是台灣導演鴻鴻所執導的第二部劇情長片，演員多來自小劇場演員，於2001年上映。電影援引了四段二十四孝的故事，並與台北當今社會做連結；劇中劇場所演出的表演為英年早逝的劇場工作者田啟元的作品〈白水〉。 該片獲得新台幣五百萬元輔導金補助，並參與了數個國際影展，獲選為法國維蘇影展開幕片，以及巴黎「台灣出品電影節」開幕片。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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