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Wikipedia article




'Parking' 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 pimps 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

References






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