Au Revoir Taipei (Chinese: 一頁台北; pinyin: Yī yè táiběi; lit. 'One Page of Taipei') is a 2010 Taiwanese romantic comedy film set in Taipei and is Arvin Chen's feature directorial debut. It was executive produced by Wim Wenders and won the NETPAC Award at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and was considered a box office success in Taiwan.

Au Revoir Taipei
Directed byArvin Chen
Written byArvin Chen
Produced byIn-Ah Lee
Wei-Jan Liu
Michelle Cho
Oi Leng Lui
StarringYao Chun-yao
Amber Kuo
Lawrence Ko
Frankie Kao
CinematographyMichael Fimognari
Edited byJustin Guerrieri
Music byWen Hsu
Distributed byAtom Cinema
Beta Cinema
Release dates
  • 14 February 2010 (2010-02-14) (Berlinale)
  • 2 April 2010 (2010-04-02) (Taiwan)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguagesTaiwanese
Mandarin
French
BudgetNTD$30 million

Plot

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Kai, a lovesick young man, wants to leave Taipei in hopes of getting to Paris to be with his girlfriend. Kai spends long nights in a bookstore studying French, where Susie, a girl who works there, begins to take an interest in him. After one extra ordinary night, Kai finds the excitement and romance he was longing for are already right there in Taipei.

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Awards

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Au Revoir Taipei won the NETPAC Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2010, the Jury Award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in France, the Audience Award at the 2010 San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival,[1] the Golden Durian (Best Film) Award at the 2010 Barcelona Asian Film Festival, and Best Narrative Feature at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas.

Kuo was awarded Best New Actor at the 12th Taipei Film Festival in 2010 for her role as Susie.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Au Revoir Taipei". 2010 San Francisco Asian American Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-03-02.
  2. ^ (in Chinese) Taipei Film Festival 12th Taipei Film Festival winners list Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-06-21
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