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The Hole

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A man (Kang-sheng Lee) and a woman (Kuei-Mei Yang) live in quarantine from a virus whose victims display strange symptoms.
The Hole

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Critics Consensus

Hauntingly surreal and refreshingly original, The Hole finds love and horror in the humdrum rhythm of quarantine life.

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Geoff Andrew Time Out 09/22/2020
Idiosyncratic, of course, but immensely impressive. Go to Full Review Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) 09/15/2020
It's a fascinating combination of reality and the fantastical notion of the ways in which we cope. Go to Full Review Justin Chang Los Angeles Times 09/14/2020
The feelings that "The Hole" awakens will be recognizable to anyone, even if no one else could possibly have made it. Go to Full Review Noah Schwartz Film Threat 10/12/2020
5/10
Despite a strong premise, powerful visuals, and excellent performances, I could not even grasp what it was trying to say by the end. Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 09/15/2020
3.5/4
Tsai's Kafakaesque existential nightmare turns quarantine into a uniquely harrowing love story, its digressions into abstraction in turn terrifying and rapturous. Go to Full Review Lee Jutton Film Inquiry 09/15/2020
With its flashes of humor and music, The Hole is a disturbingly timely depiction of humanity in crisis as well as a reminder that there are always places to find light if you squint hard enough through the gloom. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/07/2017 Taiwanese film is dystopian in the most minimalist way, yet vibrant in a more visible sense. Thanks be to really dreamy musical numbers that enchant even on a shoe-string budget. See more 09/19/2015 An epidemic hits Taiwan, people who suffered from the disease become cockroach like in terms of their behaviour. A plumber created a hole in a man's apartment and the man and his neighbour began to suffer from the delusions and hallucinations of the effect of the disease. The hole represented the depression in a socially planned urban environment, everyone fills it with different methods. The hole is also a musical that juxtaposed the depression with cheerful tunes. See more 04/10/2015 Shitty apartment building. See more 08/03/2013 (*** 1/2): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] See more 05/04/2013 like my favorite depression era cinema: bleak as all hell, with musical numbers!! See more 11/20/2012 How do I even rate a "movie" like this? Should it even be called a "movie?" See more Read all reviews
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Ming-liang Tsai

Director

Kuei-Mei Yang

The Woman Downstairs

Lee Kang-sheng

The Man Upstairs

Miao Tian

A Shopper

Tong Hsiang-chu

The Plumber

Hui-Chin Lin

A Neighbor

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Movie Info

Synopsis A man (Kang-sheng Lee) and a woman (Kuei-Mei Yang) live in quarantine from a virus whose victims display strange symptoms.
Director
Ming-liang Tsai
Producer
Peggy Chiao, Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo
Screenwriter
Ming-liang Tsai, Yang Ping-ying
Production Co
China Television (CTV), Arc Light Films, Buena Vista (Walt Disney), Haut et Court, La Sept-Arte, Central Motion Pictures Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
root
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 33m