 "E Nu Lie Zhuan" 14 August 1999 (Taiwan).
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User review: 8.8
PlotThis is a collection of three films by emerging Taiwanese directors all revolving around the theme of strong, young women involved in mayhem of some sort. In all of them the theme of alienation within the crowded streets of Taiwan runs strong. "Queen of the Bench" (Yao-Ting Wen dir.) Li Li is an extra who longs for her big break as an actress. In the meantime she spends much of her time shoplifting and trying to find creative ways to break into the big time. After pestering a director and ambushing him in the parking lot to get a part, she gets the call and shows up ready to be a star. Will this really be her chance or is she being exploited? "My Own Personal Gun" (Jing-Jie Lin dir.) Ah-Tsai is wasting her life with drugs, hanging out with losers and small time crooks. One day she passes out in front of a young cop who falls for her in a big way. He makes excuses to run into her and she doctors his drink. He wakes up to find she has stolen his gun and she leads him on a wild goos chase to retrieve it. While he runs all over the city looking for it, the gun is still in her possession. Will she use it to spiral even further down into oblivion? "A Dog from Hong Kong" (Ying-Yu Chan dir.) A recent Immigrant from HK brings along his pet doggy who promptly becomes lost. He is heart-broken and sets up fliers everywhere to find him. In the mean time, two women find the little pup and take him in. When one of the girls meets the owner and sees his fliers, she decides to play a trick on him. She and her friend dye the dog a different color and ask him to take care of it for awhile. What will happen if he discovers the trick? Written by Fred Cabral {ftcabral@hotmail.com}
| Names | Acting as: |
|---|
 | Ken Chang | Cop (segment My Own Personal Gun) (as Chi-Yao Chang) |
| Shih Chang | Man (segment Queen of the Bench) |
| Alyssa Chia | Xiao Ping (segment A Dog from Hong Kong) (as Jing-Wen Jia) |
| Wallace Chung | Ah-Liang (segment A Dog from Hong Kong) (as Han-Liang Chung) |
| Rui-Jun Fan | Li Li (segment Queen of the Bench) |
| Pei-Wen Huang | Xiao Lu (segment A Dog from Hong Kong) |
| Ruby Lin | Girl (segment Queen of the Bench) |
| Vega Tsai | Ah-Tsai (segment My Own Personal Gun) (as Chamder Tsai) |
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Runtime: 115 min
Released in: Taiwan
Language(s): Mandarin
Production company: Central Motion Pictures Corporation
Official CertificationsTaiwan:PG-12
User Commentsgood look at big city life - freakus from San Francisco, CAAll three of these films deal with alienation from a large faceless
society
in some fashion. Whether its mistaking the motives of a neighbor through
ignorance or living on the edge of oblivion in reaction to an uncaring
world, all of these women seem to suffer from a lack of emotional contact
to
others. I think these films are a fascinating look at a place most
westerners have never seen and know little about (at least here in
America).
These film-makers are relatively new but hopefully we will see a lot more
of the in the future.
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