Vive L'Amour

Vive L'Amour

Directed by Tsai Ming-liang

Produced by Central Motion Picture Corporation

1995118 min7.2 / 10

A melancholic, deliberately paced study of three isolated urban dwellers whose secret cohabitation becomes a meditation on loneliness, desire, and the impossibility of genuine connection.

Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.

Questions people ask

  • Is Vive L'Amour sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Vive L'Amour end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Vive L'Amour violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Vive L'Amour scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Vive L'Amour easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

83/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity82

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise94

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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