Renowned Taiwanese Director Hou Hsiao-hsien's MILLENIUM MAMBO will play at Madstone Theatres starting June 4th. For showing times, click Here.

Cannes Special Prize winner MILLENNIUM MAMBO is a piercing record of the quickly shifting lifestyles of an increasingly modern world. An official selection of the Toronto, Chicago, and Rotterdam film festivals, the film tells the story of Vicky, a hostess at a trendy bar who is torn romantically between two men: Hao-hao, her neurotic and jealous live-in boyfriend and Jack, an enterprising gangster.

MILLENNIUM MAMBO combines Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsienís signature long takes and highly-refined sense of staging with a neon-saturated urban setting. Told in a non-linear narrative and lacking a central plot, MILLENIUM MAMBO is absolutely mesmerizing. Itís impossible for viewers to take their eyes off Shu Qi as she wanders in slow motion across a walkway or pushes her face gently into the snow. HHH envisions MILLENNIUM MAMBO as the first part of a trilogy examining modern Chinese culture.

"Breath-Catchingly beautiful." -- Dennis Lim, The Village Voice

"3 ? Stars. An Amazing Film. Shu Qi is amazing. There is not an actress in Hollywood who could pull off this challenging role." -- V.A. Musetto, New York Post

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