Millennium Mambo
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien Written by Zhu Tianwen
The consumption of young lives is like a windswept rock and roll song. It was 2001 and the world was welcoming the twenty-first century and celebrating the millennium. Her name is Vicky, and with half a million dollars in savings, she is separated from Xiao Hao, a Pisces hobo two years her junior. Little Howe's hysteria, and Jet, whom she meets in a bar, begin to make her feel as if she needs another world. On a pale day, she wants to leave, to leave Siu Ho, to leave this restless island, she wants to run away ......