Directed by:
Hsiao-tse ChengCinematography:
Pung-Leung KwanCast:
Sandrine Pinna, Toyoharu Kitamura, Alice Ko, Shao-Huai Chang, Amiya Lee, Wing Fan, Chris Wu, Chung-Heng ChuPlots(1)
Miao Miao is a shy exchange student from Japan. She's still trying to get her bearings as she gets used to her new life in Taipei and that's why she hasn't noticed that a lively and utterly charming fellow pupil named Ai is falling in love with her. Instead Miao Miao falls for CD shop owner Chen Fei's brooding charm. Twentysomething Chen Fei has definitely got a past – which he insists on keeping under wraps. He also possesses a conspicuous determination to keep everything and everyone at arm's length. This is why he always wears headphones – but he's not using them to listen to music. Miao Miao is the only one who finally manages to unearth his secret; the sad story that left him virtually hating music. Dejected, Ai is forced to admit that Miao Miao is beginning to lose her heart to Chen Fei, but with this realisation comes the acknowledgement that her own feelings for Miao Miao are much stronger than she had expected ...
Emerging director Cheng Hsiao-Tse's refreshingly original 'chick flick' is not just a moving love story. Filmed largely in the hip Taipei district of Hsimenting, his feature film debut also provides an insight into the everyday lives of young Taiwanese.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Sandrine Pinna
China
Best movies:
Legend of the Demon Cat (2017)
Miao Miao (2008)
Toyoharu Kitamura
Japan
Best movies:
It Started with a Kiss (2005) (series)
The Tenants Downstairs (2016)
Miao Miao (2008)
Alice Ko
Taiwan
Best movies:
Monga (2010)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (2017)
Miao Miao (2008)
Shao-Huai Chang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Extravagant Challenge (2011) (series)
The Great Buddha + (2017)
One Mile Above (2011)
Wing Fan
Taiwan
Best movies:
Prince of Tears (2009)
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
Miao Miao (2008)
Chris Wu
Taiwan
Best movies:
Next Stop, Happiness (2009) (series)
Blowfish (2011)
The Scoundrels (2018)
Chung-Heng Chu
Taiwan
Best movies:
Our Times (2015)
Destiny Love (2008) (series)
Miao Miao (2008)