The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An actress preparing to play in a historical epic is terrorized by someone faxing her pages from her stolen diary; has colorful flashbacks of her affair with a now-deceased man; and imagines black-and-white film-within-a-film scenes of the movie she is about to appear in.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Hou Hsiao-hsienDirector
- Chu Tien-WenWriter
- Chen Hwai-enOriginal Music Composer
- Hsiao-Wen JiangOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Annie Shizuka InohLiang Ching / Chiang Biyu
- Jack KaoAh Wei
- Lim GiongZhong Haodong
- King Jieh-wenAh Hsi / Ching's Brother
- Grace Chen Shu-FangChing's Mother
- Tsai Chen-nanAh Nan
- Vicky WeiLiang Ching's Sister
- Chan San-YeeChairman Hsu
- Ah-ChengCast
- Ting KangCast
- Go MingLi Nanfeng
- Luo BinLong's Brother