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What Time Is It There?

2001 · 116 min · Director: Tsai Ming-liang ★ IMDb 7.3 · 5,691 ratings

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When a young street vendor with a grim home life meets a woman on her way to Paris, they forge an instant connection. He changes all the clocks in Taipei to French time; as he watches François Truffaut's "Les 400 Coups," she has a strange encounter with its now-aging star, Jean-Pierre Leaud.

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What Time Is It There? (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 32%, Sadness 25%, Love 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Sadness, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Cast

LK
Lee Kang-sheng

Hsiao-Kang

SC
Shiang-chyi Chen

CS
Chen Shiang-Chyi

Shiang-Chyi

YL
Yi-ching Lu

LY
Lu Yi-ching

Hsiao-Kang's Mother

MT
Miao Tian

Hsiao-Kang's Father / Old Man at the Park

LC
Liao Ching-Kuo

Sorcerer

TC
Tsai Chao-yi

Clock Store Owner

CH
Chen Hsi-Fei

Video Tapes Vendor

JS
Java Sparrow Youth-Leigh

Vendor's Customer

HY
Hsu Yue-Yin

Sorceress

HK
Huang Kuo-Cheng

Fat Boy

CL
Chin Li-Fang

Reporter

DG
David Ganansia

Man at Restaurant

CC
Chen Chao-jung

Chinese Man in Subway

AN
Arthur Nauzyciel

Man at Telephone Booth

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Man at Cemetery

CY
Cecilia Yip Tung

Chinese Woman in Paris

TK
Tsai Kuei

Prostitute

Details

Directed by
Tsai Ming-liang
Written by
Tsai Ming-liang, Pi-ying Yang
Type
Movies
Released
2001
Runtime
116 min
Country
Taiwan, France
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 5,691 ratings
Feels mostly
Melancholy
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