The second feature from acclaimed master of Taiwan’s Second New Wave, Tsai Ming-liang, Vive L’Amour follows three characters unwittingly sharing a seemingly empty Taipei apartment.

Realtor May Lin brings her lover to a vacant unit she has on the market, unaware that it is secretly occupied by a suicidal funeral salesman. A series of precisely staged, tragicomic erotic encounters ensue, exposing the limits of interpersonal connection and the discomfort of proximity.

Dir. Tsai Ming-liang | Taiwan | 1994 | 118’ | Taiwanese with English Subtitles