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Synopsis: On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen Mo makes a date for dinner with his wife, hoping to bring their estranged relationship back together. While buying a cake on his way home, a car unexpectedly double parks next to his car, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen Mo searches the floors of a nearby apartment building for the owner of the illegally parked 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 pimp's cruel clutches, and a Hong Kong tailor embroiled in debt and captured by underground loan sharks. After many hardships, Chen Mo finally gets his car out of the parking space, and, with new friends riding beside him, advances toward a new horizon in life.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Mong-Hong Chung
  7 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Year:
2008
112 min
229 Views


That's because our flight

instructor said

I have the brains of a pig

with a concussion

Today's Mother's Day

You're hurt so badly

If your Mother sees this,

won't she be upset?

Driver, could we change route

to Chengde Road?

Chengde Road?

Mingzhi Institute of Technology

and Chengde Road are pretty far apart

Where on earth do you want to go?

To Chengde Road

Chengde Road

Please hurry

Ok, no problem

What's wrong?

Lady, I want to buy another cake

No, what happened to you?

I'd like to buy a cake, lady

My cakes are sold out

Here, sit down first

How about a drink of water?

Didn't you buy a cake this afternoon?

That one got ruined

You haven't been home yet?

Not yet

It's ok, lady

I'll buy one somewhere else

Wait a moment

I have three cakes here

They were flawed

I was planning to save them for myself

They don't look as good

Not as much energy

But they taste just as good

The cake is fine

It's ok, I'll buy it from you

No need, no need

These cakes aren't for sale

Just take them home to eat

Do you want to rest a little longer?

It's ok, I'm heading back now

Thank you, lady

I thought you went back already

I don't know,

It seems like I was beaten up

Was it the fourth floors' doing?

Should've been

After I woke up

I was already at the riverbank

Go to the bathroom first,

wash your bruises

Ok

I'll come help you in a while

Ok

How could they have done this?

Hello

Hello, Boss

Was it you who reported a blocked car?

That's right

Do you still need a tow truck?

Yeah, of course I do

Ok, you can take a break

Drink a cup of hot water

We're heading there at top speed now

It'll be there in 10 minutes

Ok

Ok then

Goodbye

You're a real good guy

You're hurt so badly

And still bring us snacks

You ate all the cakes?

There's one left

For you

It tasted quite good

Have you eaten anything yet?

Not yet

Sit down

I'll make a bowl of soup for you

Are you alright?

Much better

What kind of soup is this?

Fish head soup with shredded ginger

I see you hurt the corner of your eye

So eat the part with the fish eyes first

I'll give you a bowl

with more fish meat in it later

Are these from the fish head

in the bathroom before?

That's right

The kitchen's too cramped

No place to put it

But don't worry about hygiene

In the sink

I already had this fish

cleaned out thoroughly

It's sweet

I drank three bowls

It's ok

I should be going soon

I'm not eating

Your car is still blocked anyway

You should drink the fish soup first

I just got a call from the towing lot

They're sending a tow truck soon

I'll wait outside

You're hurt so badly

Let me send you home

I'll send him back first

Ok

It's so late

Will the tow truck still come?

They called and said

they'd be here soon

They wouldn't be lying

to me, would they?

Then we'll be waiting for nothing

I don't think

we have to be waiting right now

You're hurt so badly

Can you drive alright?

I'm fine

Leg still hurts a little

You're ok, right?

Not as bad as you

Don't drive too fast

Where are you going later?

First I'll make sure

you get home safely

Then I'll go find a place

to live somewhere

What do you intend to do afterwards?

Go to the mainland

Do you know anyone on the mainland?

Yeah

The people I knew back

when I was doing business there

Go back and see what chances there are

Are you in a hurry?

I must have more free time

than anyone in the world right now

Hey!

F***!

You know him?

No

Then why'd you hit him?

I don't know

What about you?

He beat me up like this

F***

Wait for me

Hurry, hurry

I didn't know you

came back to hit people

Get out, get out

Lift him across

What the hell are you doing?

Lift him across

Wait, wait

Look at my car. Wait for me

Where are you going?

Who is it?

Sir, it's me

Sir

When I left tonight

I told Nini I would come back to see her

They're all asleep by now

Can you let me in for a moment?

What happened to your face?

I bumped into something by accident

I just want to see Nini for a moment

Who is it?

It's me

How come it's so late?

Last time I promised Nini

I'd come back to see her

Nini

Were you a good girl?

Why did you come back so late?

Me?

I had something to do just now

Are you going to stay here tonight?

Nini, I'm going to leave in a while

You have to be good

and listen to grandpa and grandma from now on

No, you can't go

If you're going, I'm going with you

Nini, you can't talk like that

Little Ma

What's your name?

Chen Mo

Chen Mo?

C- H-E-N, M-O

As soon as I touched your face

I knew you weren't Little Ma

Before you left

You came back to eat with us

You are a good man

About the same age as Little Ma too

Even though you lied to make me happy

Even if my eyes cannot see

My hands are not blind

At dinner, I kept feeling that

You were sent by Heaven to watch over us

Come, Mr. Chen

Help me keep this envelope

In it is the letter

Little Ma left for Nini

Take Nini and go

I believe you can provide

the right path for Nini

Nini

Ever since Mommy gave birth to you

She's never left the hospital again

At first

I thought she just

needed time to recover

But only when it got worse

and worse every day

Did I realize that things

were going to be different

During those few days when you were just born

I suddenly remembered

I'd known your mother for twelve years

I felt like those twelve years

should've been only

a part of our entire lives

But, in fact they were all of it

We have to go

it's not because we don't love you

That we are abandoning you

There are many turning points

in peoples' lives

We cannot anticipate them

In an instant

Everything disappears

I remember the time

when Mommy passed away

She told Daddy to catch a bug

that was on the ceiling

I could never find that bug

But your Mommy kept insisting it was there

Afterwards

I asked a policeman

What that bug looked like?

He drew it for me

It was a long, long

Insect with many, many legs

I don't know why an insect

would need that many legs to walk

Just like I don't know

why we left you like we did

In the future

you will encounter many setbacks

Perhaps you will cry

But remember in the end

You must still go forward

without stopping

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