The Hole (1998)
In the final days of the year 1999, most everyone in Taiwan has died. A strange plague has ravished the island. Supposedly spread by cockroaches, the disease sends its victims into a psychosis where they act like the insects. Eventually, they die. The Hole takes place in a crumbling apartment building. Its two protagonists live right above and below each other. The woman is on the lower floor, and the pipes above her apartment are leaking fiercely, threatening to destroy her food supply... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ming-liang Tsai
Written By: Ming-liang Tsai, Pi-ying Yang
Starring: Kang-sheng Lee, Tien Miao, Kuei-Mei Yang, Lin Kun-huei, Hui-Chin Lin, Hsiang-Chu Tong
Genres: Drama, Sci-fi, Musical, Fantasy
AKA: Dong
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The Hole belongs to 31 collections
1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 37 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
3. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 17 stars)
4. Non-verbal (public: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
5. Slant Magazine's 100 Essential Films (public: moderated by nexus - 14 stars)
6. FIPRESCI Prize (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 12 stars)
7. Purposefully Slow Films (public: moderated by rant1229 - 8 stars)
8. Best of criticker: Fantasy (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 6 stars)
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watched this exactly two years ago and forgot to rate it. underwhelming; it left a 'hole' in me
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By the time it got to the third musical number I long since cared and gave up finally.
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