Parking (2008 film)

Parking
Parking
	Film poster
Traditional Chinese	停車
Simplified Chinese	停车
Hanyu Pinyin	Tíngchē
Directed by	Chung Mong-Hong
Written by	Chung Mong-Hong
Starring	Chang Chen; Gwei Lun-mei; Leon Dai; Chapman To; Jack Kao; Peggy Tseng; Lin Kai-jung
Cinematography	Chung Mong-Hong
Edited by	Lo Shih-Jing
Music by	An Dong
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

Parking (Chinese: 停車; pinyin: Tíngchē) is a 2008 Taiwanese movie.

Synopsis

On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen-Mo (Chang Chen) makes a dinner date with his wife (Gwei Lun-mei), hoping to improve their estranged relationship. While he is buying a cake on his way home, a car double-parks next to his, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen-Mo searches for the owner of the car and encounters a succession of strange events and eccentric characters: an old couple living with their precocious granddaughter who have lost their only son; a one-armed barbershop owner cooking fish-head soup; a mainland Chinese prostitute trying to escape her pimp’s cruel clutches; and a Hong-Kong tailor embroiled in debt and captured by underground loan sharks.

Cast

Chang Chen as Chen Mo
Gwei Lun-mei as Chen Mo's Wife
Leon Dai as Pimp
Chapman To as Tailor
Jack Kao as Barber
Peggy Tseng as Hooker
Tou Chung-hua as Gang Leader
Lai-Yin Yang
Lin Kai-jung as Barber's Granddaughter
Holger Chen as Gang Member

Festivals

Cannes Film Festival 2008 – Un Certain Regard
Montreal World Film Festival 2008
Bangkok International Film Festival 2008
Vancouver International Film Festival 2008
Pusan International Film Festival 2008
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008
Stockholm International Film Festival 2008
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 – Opening Film
!f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival 2009
Spokane International Film Festival 2009
2009 Adelaide Film Festival
Osaka Asian Film Festival 2009
Bradford International Film Festival 2009
Taiwan London Cinefest 2009
Barcelona Asian Film Festival
Silk Screen Film Festival 2009
Wisconsin Film Festival 2011

Award

Golden Horse Award, Best Art Direction – FIPRESCI Critics Award: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008
Best New Talent - Audience Favourite Film: Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008

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