All the Corners of the World
海角天涯
Synopsis
Mr and Mrs Chang live in Taipei's Hsi-Men-Ding (the city's entertainment/red light/nightlife district) with their teenaged kids. The parents work as cleaners in a "love hotel" and send the kids out to work as ticket scalpers, block-buying seats for hit movies like A City of Sadness and reselling them at a profit. Tragedy strikes when the daughter Mei-Hsueh flirts with the idea of prostituting herself and changes her mind at the last moment, leaving her first client with injuries that put him on the critical list. The focus throughout is on the son Ah Tong, who has a latent talent as a writer that is never going to flower.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Tsai Ming-liang
- Screenplay & Story
- Tsai Ming-liang
- Original Title
- 海角天涯
- Country of Origin
- Taiwan
- Spoken Languages
- Mandarin
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
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1989
1989
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What is All the Corners of the World about?
Mr and Mrs Chang live in Taipei's Hsi-Men-Ding (the city's entertainment/red light/nightlife district) with their teenaged kids. The parents work as cleaners in a "love hotel" and send the kids out to work as ticket scalpers, block-buying seats for hit movies like A City of Sadness and reselling them at a profit. Tragedy strikes when the daughter Mei-Hsueh flirts with the idea of prostituting herself and changes her mind at the last moment, leaving her first client with injuries that put him on the critical list. The focus throughout is on the son Ah Tong, who has a latent talent as a writer that is never going to flower.
Who directed All the Corners of the World?
All the Corners of the World was directed by Tsai Ming-liang.
Who stars in All the Corners of the World?
The principal cast of All the Corners of the World includes Po-Chou Chang, Pei-lan Hua, Ji-xin Liu, Wu Pei-yu, Hu Tou.
When was All the Corners of the World released and how long is it?
All the Corners of the World was released in 1989 with a total runtime of 1h 14m.