The Hole

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The Hole

1998

1h 33m

Drama

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2,500+ Ratings

A man (Kang-sheng Lee) and a woman (Kuei-Mei Yang) live in quarantine from a virus whose victims display strange symptoms.

Critics Consensus

Hauntingly surreal and refreshingly original, The Hole finds love and horror in the humdrum rhythm of quarantine life.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Idiosyncratic, of course, but immensely impressive.

Sep 22, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's a fascinating combination of reality and the fantastical notion of the ways in which we cope.

Sep 15, 2020

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Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

The feelings that "The Hole" awakens will be recognizable to anyone, even if no one else could possibly have made it.

Sep 14, 2020

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Noah Schwartz

Film Threat

Despite a strong premise, powerful visuals, and excellent performances, I could not even grasp what it was trying to say by the end.

Rated: 5/10

Oct 12, 2020

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Tsai's Kafakaesque existential nightmare turns quarantine into a uniquely harrowing love story, its digressions into abstraction in turn terrifying and rapturous.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 15, 2020

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Lee Jutton

Film Inquiry

With its flashes of humor and music, The Hole is a disturbingly timely depiction of humanity in crisis as well as a reminder that there are always places to find light if you squint hard enough through the gloom.

Sep 15, 2020

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Taiwanese film is dystopian in the most minimalist way, yet vibrant in a more visible sense. Thanks be to really dreamy musical numbers that enchant even on a shoe-string budget.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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An epidemic hits Taiwan, people who suffered from the disease become cockroach like in terms of their behaviour. A plumber created a hole in a man's apartment and the man and his neighbour began to suffer from the delusions and hallucinations of the effect of the disease. The hole represented the depression in a socially planned urban environment, everyone fills it with different methods. The hole is also a musical that juxtaposed the depression with cheerful tunes.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Shitty apartment building.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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like my favorite depression era cinema: bleak as all hell, with musical numbers!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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How do I even rate a "movie" like this? Should it even be called a "movie?"

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Synopsis

A man (Kang-sheng Lee) and a woman (Kuei-Mei Yang) live in quarantine from a virus whose victims display strange symptoms.

Director: Ming-liang Tsai
Producer: Peggy Chiao, Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo
Screenwriter: Ming-liang Tsai, Yang Ping-ying
Production Co: La Sept-Arte, China Television (CTV), Buena Vista (Walt Disney), Central Motion Pictures Corporation, Arc Light Films, Haut et Court
Genre: Drama
Original Language: root
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m