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What Time Is It There?

Play trailer Poster for What Time Is It There? 2002,  1h 56m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 84% 51 Reviews Tomatometer 79% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
84% Tomatometer 51 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A street vendor (Lee Kang-sheng) with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman (Shiang-chyi Chen) on her way to Paris.
What Time Is It There?

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Though it requires patience to view, What Time Is It There?'s exploration of loneliness is both elegant and haunting.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader Aug 12, 2022
4/4
It’s Tsai's own way of thinking globally, of finding hope in the midst of despair, of seeing a profound connectedness in the midst of alienation, and it carries a lift that could enlighten us all. Go to Full Review
Joshua Rothkopf In These Times Mar 16, 2020
Throughout, Tsai makes his rhymes work with an almost subliminal grace: from him to her, from clocks to hearts, from an ancient Paris graveyard to the modern passageways of locker-like columbaria... Go to Full Review
David Ansen Newsweek Mar 7, 2018
This wonderful, one-of-a-kind movie hops from Taiwan to France, from tragedy to deadpan comedy and, in its mysterious conclusion, from the worldly to the otherworldly. Go to Full Review
Yasser Medina Cinefilia Jan 28, 2021
7/10
It's very concise when Tsai dialogues with topics such as alienation, loneliness and the repressed desires of three people who refuse to accept what time takes from them. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
B. Ruby Rich The Nation Feb 25, 2020
It's a hilarious conceit, which Tsai carries through with smart cinematic wit. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 4, 2005
4/5
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Cast & Crew

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Ming-liang Tsai

Director

Lee Kang-sheng

Hsiao-kang

Shiang-chyi Chen

Shiang-chyi

Chen Yi-ching

Mother

Miao Tien

Father

Cecilia Yip

Woman in Paris

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What Time Is It There?

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Movie Info

Synopsis A street vendor (Lee Kang-sheng) with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman (Shiang-chyi Chen) on her way to Paris.
Director
Ming-liang Tsai
Screenwriter
Ming-liang Tsai, Pi-ying Yang
Distributor
Winstar Cinema
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 18, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 20, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA)
$193.0K
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital
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