Film program • 4K restoration

Millennium Mambo

A girl looks up into light. In the background their is a bar shelf full of bottles.
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  • Run time: 105 minutes Subject to change
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A stylish and seductive submersion into the techno-scored neon nightlife of Taipei

Taiwan / France | 2001 | Mandarin | Drama | MA15+

Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Palme d'Or-nominated cult classic stars Shu Qi as an aimless bar hostess drifting away from her slacker boyfriend and towards Jack Kao’s suave, sensitive gangster. A transfixing trance-out of a movie, drenched in club lights, ecstatic endorphin-rush exhilaration and a nagging undercurrent of weightlessness.

The director’s follow up to the widely acclaimed Flowers of Shanghai captures the sheer weightlessness, inertia and amnesia of life in contemporary Taipei.  With magnificent cinematography from Mark Lee Ping-bing (In The Mood For Love), the hypnotic narrative focuses on Vicky as she floats into the new millennium seemingly unfettered by work, love or family.

Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s dreamlike, neon-filled film screens at Vivid LIVE newly restored in 4K.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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astonishingly beautiful

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Cast and credits

Director Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Writer T’ien-wen Chu
Vicky Shu Qi
Jack Jack Kao
Hao-Hao Chun-hao Tuan

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Playhouse

The Playhouse is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.

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