Directed by:
Chao-Jen HsuCinematography:
Shao-Yu HsiaComposer:
Blaire KoCast:
Kenny Bee, Umin Boya, Sonia Sui, Toyoharu Kitamura, Chien-Ho Wu, Chen-Ling Wen, Lieh Lee, Shao-Huai Chang, Matt Chung-tien Wu, Chih-Ju Lin, Shao-Yang HuangPlots(1)
Xiao Yang is seventeen years old, likes to eat pork liver soup, and usually rides through his neighbourhood on a scooter. It is striking how many people he sees who are obviously in love. It might have something to do with his older sister's behaviour, given that she's preoccupied with wedding preparations and is always humming love songs. Or is it his age? In any case, there's no one around Xiao Yang who, from his perspective at least, does much else other than flirt, break up old relationships and try to start new ones. That includes his parents. His mother runs a juice bar and noodle stand and spends far more of her day with the owner of the shop next door than with her accordion-playing husband. When his sister is dumped by her fiancé, Xiao Yang takes matters into his own hands, believing in true adolescent style that external forces can actually influence couple configurations. But this belief is really the only thing that distinguishes the teenager from his elders. Tian mi mi is a film that belies the notion that is ever possible to be older than seventeen in matters of love. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Kenny Bee
Hong Kong
Best movies:
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
Armour of God (1986)
Project A II (1987)
Umin Boya
Taiwan
Best movies:
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011)
20:30:40 (2004)
Sonia Sui
Taiwan
Best movies:
Women Who Flirt (2014)
The Laundryman (2015)
Toyoharu Kitamura
Japan
Best movies:
It Started with a Kiss (2005) (series)
The Tenants Downstairs (2016)
Miao Miao (2008)
Chien-Ho Wu
Taiwan
Best movies:
A Sun (2019)
Chen-Ling Wen
Taiwan
Best movies:
A Sun (2019)
Exit (2014)
The 9th Precinct (2019)
Lieh Lee
Taiwan
Best movies:
Zone Pro Site (2013)
Starry Starry Night (2011)
The Most Distant Course (2007)
Shao-Huai Chang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Extravagant Challenge (2011) (series)
The Great Buddha + (2017)
One Mile Above (2011)
Matt Chung-tien Wu
Best movies:
Reign of Assassins (2010)
The Fatality (2008)
Chih-Ju Lin
Taiwan
Best movies:
A Sun (2019)
The Name Engraved in Your Heart (2020)
Man in Love (2021)
Shao-Yang Huang
Taiwan