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Story in Taipei (2017)

Story in Taipei poster
Original title
台北物語
Directed by
Huang Ying-hsiung
Genre
comedy, drama, crime
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people in Taipei become entangled in a messy plot involving a car accident and a secret affair. The film plays out with choppy editing and wooden acting that makes it funny for the wrong reasons.

low-budgetcampyunintentionally funnyamateurishabsurdcheesyawkwardentertainingly bad

What happens

Story in Taipei (Chinese: 台北物語; pinyin: Táiběi Wùyǔ; also translated as Story of Taipei) is a 2017 Taiwanese film written and directed by Huang Ying-hsiung (黃英雄). It has been described as Taiwan's first cult film, of the "so bad it's good" type. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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