One day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.One day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.One day when Pickle and his friend Belly Bottom watch the dashcam recordings of Pickle's boss they stumble upon a secret.
- Awards
- 21 wins & 27 nominations
Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen
- Belly Bottom
- (as Bamboo Chen)
Lin Na-Dou
- Peanut
- (as Na Dow)
Yueh-hsin Chu
- Singer
- (as Pigheadskin)
Pei-Fang Wang
- Peanut's Uncle
- (as Xiao Liang Ge)
Hsien Tuo
- Pickle's Uncle
- (as Tuo-Shen Chen)
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- Writer
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- TriviaOfficial submission of Taiwan for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 91st Academy Awards in 2019.
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Taiwanese arthouse film
Watching this in the UK probably meant most of the subtle Taiwanese life references went over my head and whilst there is humour in the film, I didn't laugh once. The story centres around 2 struggling lowlife misfits where one is a night security guard at a Buddha statue factory and the other a refuse recycling collector. It's a sort of bizarre snapshot of a series of events. There's a theme of vulnerability and exploitation, references to faith and local culture. It's mostly filmed in Black and White and is unusual in having the director intervening occasionally with a narration. The film manages to hold a certain mood, it's filmed in an interesting way and is as they say 'different'.
My rating: 6/10 and only that high for it's absurdity. Recommended for the art-house crew. Beware there isn't much of a cohesive story to this and the trailer is made up from some very carefully selected scenes.
My rating: 6/10 and only that high for it's absurdity. Recommended for the art-house crew. Beware there isn't much of a cohesive story to this and the trailer is made up from some very carefully selected scenes.
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- Apr 11, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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