What Time Is It There?
你那邊幾點
(2001)
When a young street vendor with a grim home life meets a woman on her way to Paris, they forge an instant connection. He changes all the clocks in Taipei to French time, as he watches François Truffaut's Les 400 Coups; she has a strange encounter with its now-aging star, Jean-Pierre Leaud.
11 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
Hsiao-kang's father (Miao Tien) passes, and Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-shiang) begins mourning.
Duration: 00:05:29
Timestamp: 00:00:38
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Dual-Time
Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) insists on buying Hsiao-kang's (Lee Kang-sheng) personal dual-time watch.
Duration: 00:05:38
Timestamp: 00:09:53
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Mourning
Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) and his mother (Lu Yi-ching) mourn his father (Miao Tien).
Duration: 00:03:32
Timestamp: 00:15:32
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Paris Time
Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) begins changing all his watches to Paris time and watches "The 400 Blows."
Duration: 00:05:12
Timestamp: 00:23:28
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Time in Two Cities
Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) and Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) go about their days in Taipei and Paris, respectively.
Duration: 00:13:00
Timestamp: 00:30:07
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Chasing Time
Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) chases a man (Huang Kuo-cheng) who steals his.clock through a cinema.
Duration: 00:05:52
Timestamp: 00:43:06
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Alone
Shaing-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) wanders her hotel at night. Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) watches "The 400 Blows" in bed. Hsiao-kang's mother (Lu Yi-ching) struggles with her husband's (Miao Tien) death.
Duration: 00:07:54
Timestamp: 00:52:12
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Blackout
Hsiao-kang's mother (Lu Yi-ching) begins to turn off all the lights and block out all the windows in her house, which results in a fight with her son (Lee Kang-sheng).
Duration: 00:06:18
Timestamp: 01:07:55
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
A Fellow Tourist
Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) meets a fellow Chinese tourist (Cecilia Yip) in a cafe and returns with her to her hotel room.
Duration: 00:04:56
Timestamp: 01:19:37
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Loving at Night
Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) sleeps with the tourist (Cecilia Yip). Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) has sex with a woman (Tsai Guei) in his car. Hsiao-kang's mother (Lu Yi-ching) masturbates in her bed.
Duration: 00:15:14
Timestamp: 01:24:29
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Closing Sequence
Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi) falls asleep on a park bench and has her luggage stolen. A man (Miao Tien) retrieves the luggage.
Duration: 00:06:30
Timestamp: 01:41:58
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza