The Hole (1998)
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- 1h 35min
- Drama, Fantasy
- 12 Jun 1998 (Italy)
- Movie
While never-ending rain and a strange disease spread by cockroaches ravage Taiwan, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments and the inhabitants of each form a unique connection, enacted in musical numbers.
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Awards:
- 7 wins & 5 nominations.
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Cast
| Kuei-Mei Yang | ... |
The Woman Downstairs
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| Kang-sheng Lee | ... |
The Man Upstairs
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| Miao Tien | ... |
A Shopper
(as Tien Miao)
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Hui-Chin Lin | ... |
A Neighbor
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Hsiang-Chu Tong | ... |
The Plumber
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Kun-huei Lin | ... |
The Kid
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| Shiang-chyi Chen | ... |
(voice)
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Daphne Han | ... |
(voice)
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Bo-Chin Wei | ... |
(voice)
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| Jacques Picoux | ... |
(voice)
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| Chih-yen Yee | ... |
(voice)
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| Yi-ching Lu | ... |
(voice)
(as Hsiao-Ling Lu)
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Directed by
| Tsai Ming-liang | ... | (as Ming-liang Tsai) |
Written by
| Tsai Ming-liang | ... | (writer) (as Ming-liang Tsai) |
| Pi-ying Yang | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Simon Arnal | ... | associate producer (as Simone Arnal-Szlovaki) |
| Su-ming Cheng | ... | executive producer |
| Pierre Chevalier | ... | executive producer |
| Peggy Chiao | ... | producer |
| Shun-Ching Chiu | ... | executive producer |
| Feng-Chyt Jiang | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Grace Chang | ||
Cinematography by
| Pen-Jung Liao | ||
Editing by
| Ju-kuan Hsiao | ||
Production Design by
| Pao-Lin Lee | ||
Production Management
| Shih-Fang Wang | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Yu-Ning Chu | ... | associate director |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Vivian Ming Chou | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Music Department
| Grace Chang | ... | singing voice: Kuei-Mei Yang |
Script and Continuity Department
| Marie Chao | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Joy Lo | ... | choreographer |
| Paul Onteniente | ... | production accountant |
Thanks
| Odile Carrière | ... | special thanks |
| Nicolas Saada | ... | special thanks |
| François Sauvagnargues | ... | special thanks |
| Dan Walker | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Lucky Red (1998) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Budapest Film (1999) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Haut et Court (1999) (France) (theatrical)
- Fox Lorber (2000) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Primer Plano Film Group Video (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Primer Plano Film Group (2003) (Argentina)
- Big World Pictures (2020) (United States) (subtitled)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming) (subtitled)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A strange disease starts to affect people in Taiwan just before the year 2000. The authorities order everyone to evacuate, but some tenants of an apartment building stay put, including a shop owner who lives by himself. One day, a plumber goes to the shop owner's apartment to check the pipes. The plumber drills a small hole in the floor, which comes down through the ceiling of another apartment. The hole never gets repaired, and this leads to some tension between the shop owner and the woman who lives below him. Written by Patrick Lin |
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| Taglines | A search for intimacy in a world of disaster. See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Edited into Der letzte Tanz - La dernière danse (1998). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Da pen ti See more » |
| Quotes |
The Woman Downstairs:
Are you the tenant of apartment number 804? I'm your downstairs neighbor. The plumber will come and fix the hole this afternoon. Will you be home then? The Man Upstairs: Maybe. The Woman Downstairs: You have to. Or else it'll never get fixed. See more » |