Au Revoir Taipei

Au Revoir Taipei

Synopsis

Kai (Jack Yao) spends long nights in a bookshop studying French in hopes of going to Paris to be with his girlfriend. Susie (Amber Kuo) works in the bookshop and takes an interest in Hong. When his girlfriend dumps him over the phone, Kai decides to fly to Paris. He goes to Brother Bao (Frankie Gao), a real estate agent who doubles up as a gangster, asking for help to get to Paris. Kai is asked to deliver a package in return for the favour, which sets up a chase that unfolds over one night in Taipei.

Official Site: ww.aurevoirtaipei.com

Singapore Release Date: 29th July 2010, Thursday

Running Time: 85 minutes

Ratings: G

Genre: Comedy | Romance

Cast: Jack Yao, Amber Kuo, Lawrence Ko, Frankie Gao

Crew: Director (Arvin Chen), Producer (In-Ah Lee, Wei-Jan Liu, Oi Leng Lui, Wim Wenders), Writers (Arvin Chen), Music (Du-Che Tu), Cinematography (Michael Fimognari) and Editing (Justin Guerrieri)

The Trailer

The Review

If you want to a perk-me-up boost for the day, do watch Au Revoir Taipei. It’s one of those feel good films that you shouldn’t miss.

Of course it’s not too a point of absolutely cheesy happy corny, but the movie does however will leave you smiling.

At times you know how a film loses its direction when the director went off tangent with subplots, well the story will present you with several sub-plots in-fact, but not to fret, it won’t dilute the main storyline.

Watching it reminds of old romantic classic with fleeting frivolous moments of such as Before Sunset and The Breakfast Club.

I like this movie, do watch it.

The Good

• Brilliant chemistry
• Excellent cinematography

The Bad

• Too short, you’ll be wanting more

Editor’s Ratings