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Tai bei er yi (2004)

Tai bei er yi poster
Original title
台北二一
Directed by
Alex Yang
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple in Taipei struggle with high costs and low incomes in the early 2000s. Their relationship is tested by the pressures of daily life and economic hardship.

melancholicrealisticlow-keyintimateurbangroundedeconomically awareobservational

What happens

《台北二一》(英語:Taipei 21),台灣導演楊順清繼《扣扳機》之後的第二部電影作品,劇情以跨入21世紀、面臨經濟蕭條的台北都會為背景,勾繪出現代青年男女在高物價與低收入之雙重現實壓力下之都會愛情生活故事。本片榮獲第四十九屆亞太影展最佳影片獎之殊榮。 如果說楊德昌導演的《青梅竹馬》是1980年代城鄉變遷中台北壯年男女的切片,那麼楊順清導演的《台北二一》就是二十一世紀經濟不景氣中台北青年男女的樣本。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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