The Hole

Year: 1998

Runtime: 95 mins

Language: Chinese

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

DramaScience FictionRomance

Amid the 1999 Taiwanese plague that turns victims into insect‑like psychotics, two strangers live in a dilapidated building, one above the other. Leaking pipes threaten the woman’s supplies; a plumber’s mishap punches a hole through the floor, linking her apartment to the man’s. Forced together, they seek connection in a world collapsing around them.

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