The Hole
Released: 1999
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island. Supposedly spread by cockroaches, the disease sends its victims into a psychosis where they act like the insects and eventually die. The two protagonists live In a crumbling apartment building right above and below each other. The woman is on the lower floor, and the pipes above her apartment are leaking fiercely, threatening to destroy her food supply, not to mention her sanity. She calls a plumber to go check it out, and he accidentally pokes a hole through the floor of the man's apartment. The two have never met before, and they come into contact through the hole.
Starring: Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tien, Hui-Chin Lin, Lin Kun-huei, Tong Hsiang-Chu
Directed by: Tsai Ming-liang
Written by: Tsai Ming-liang, Pi-ying Yang
Language: Mandarin
Scenes
A hole in the ceiling of a woman's apartment causes water to leak on her as she uses the toilet. No pee audio.
Screen Captures
Alternate Titles
Dong
El agujero
O Buraco
Der letzte Tanz
I trypa
A lyuk
Hullet
Dziura
HÃ¥let
The Last Dance (Alternative Title)