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Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)

Goodbye, Dragon Inn poster
Original title
不散
Directed by
Tsai Ming-liang
Genre
comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 182 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the staff and a few customers at a run-down Taipei movie theater on its closing night. They watch a screening of the 1967 wuxia film Dragon Inn as the theater itself fades into memory.

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What happens

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Chinese: 不散) is a 2003 Taiwanese comedy-drama slow cinema film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It shows the staff and patrons of a dying movie theater, which screens the 1967 wuxia film Dragon Inn as its final performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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