Millennium Mambo

The structure of this surprising film about youth radically differs from anything you might know. We follow the story of Vicky, who acts as a narrator in telling us beforehand what is going to happen in the film, immerses herself into the world of her personal feelings and experience and aided by fascinating cinematography, opens a game of returning to sensuous, intoxicating and most of all, intensive perception of the world around us. Vicky is an ordinary younger girl, who loves lovemaking, techno music and parties. However soon, she fonds out that she doesn't want to continue this emptied and boring life and sets out on a journey, which leads her all the way to distant Japan until she fully opens her eyes and starts living a full life.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1947)
After a series of mostly historical films gathering awards at festivals in Venice, Berlin and Cannes in the late 80-ies and throughout the 90-ies, the work of HHH radically transforms. Millenium Mambo goes to the edge of radical experimentation, where image and sound layer to copy emotional states of the human body. The film shocked movie fans and professionals worldwide and at the same time proved, that HHH is one of the leading figures of current cinematography.