Au Revoir Taipei

Au Revoir Taipei
Directed by	Arvin Chen
Produced by	In-Ah Lee; Wei-Jan Liu; Michelle Cho; Oi Leng Lui; Wim Wenders (executive producer)
Written by	Arvin Chen
Starring	Yao Chun-yao; Amber Kuo; Lawrence Ko; Frankie Kao
Music by	Wen Hsu
Cinematography	Michael Fimognari
Edited by	Justin Guerrieri
Distributed by	Atom Cinema; Beta Cinema
Release date	14 February 2010 (Berlinale); 2 April 2010 (Taiwan);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Taiwanese; Mandarin; French
Budget	NTD$30 million

Au Revoir Taipei (Chinese: 一頁台北; pinyin: Yī yè táiběi; lit. 'One Page of Taipei') is a 2010 Taiwanese romantic comedy film set in Taipei and is Arvin Chen's feature directorial debut. It won the NETPAC Award at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and was considered a box office success in Taiwan.

Plot

Kai, a lovesick young man, wants to leave Taipei in hopes of getting to Paris to be with his girlfriend. Kai spends long nights in a bookstore studying French, where Susie, a girl who works there, begins to take an interest in him. After one extra ordinary night, Kai finds the excitement and romance he was longing for are already right there in Taipei.

Cast

Yao Chun-yao as Kai
Amber Kuo as Susie
Lawrence Ko as Hong
Joseph Chang as Jiyong
Tseng Pei-yu as Yuan Yuan
Tony Yang as Lei Meng
Frankie Kao as Bao Ge
Jack Kao as Kai's father
Chiang Kang-Che as Gao gao

Awards

Au Revoir Taipei won the NETPAC Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010, the Jury Award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in France, the Audience Award at the 2010 San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival,[1] the Golden Durian (Best Film) Award at the 2010 Barcelona Asian Film Festival, and Best Narrative Feature at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas.

Kuo was awarded Best New Actor at the 12th Taipei Film Festival in 2010 for her role as Susie.[2]

References

"Au Revoir Taipei". 2010 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-02.
(in Chinese) Taipei Film Festival 12th Taipei Film Festival winners list Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-06-21

External links

Au Revoir Taipei at IMDb
Beta Cinema

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[1] "Au Revoir Taipei". 2010 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-02.

[2] (in Chinese) Taipei Film Festival 12th Taipei Film Festival winners list Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-06-21