Cities of Last Things
This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Released
- 2018
- Country
- Taiwan, China, France, United States
Details
Release year: 2018
Storyline
This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
Top credits
Jack Kao — Zhang Dong Ling (Mature)
Hong-Chi Lee — Zhang Dong Ling (Young)
Louise Grinberg — Ara
Ning Ding — Big Sister Wang
Did you know
• In preparing for her role, Ding Ning practiced her character's world weary gestures and mannerisms at home. However, she lives with young children, so she practiced the cigarette holding with a ballpoint pen instead.
• The film shoot took two years due to financial constraints and having to wait for winter to shoot some of the futuristic scenes in Korea.
• The film premiered at TIFF in Canada in September 2018.
User reviews
Disappointingly disjointed
interesting
A guy with bad luck
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color, Color
