Film Review: Ting Che

June 17, 2008 Double parking evolves into a pert metaphor for Taipei's urban chaos and the obstacle-strewn nature of life in "Ting Che," a neat concept film by Chung Mong-Hong. Using a man's Kafkaesque attempts to get his car out as the narrative link, Chung devises a chain of bizarre encounters and confrontations that are by turns amusing and disquieting. Making festival rounds will certainly generate more advantageous word of mouth, especially in Chinese-speaking markets, where leading man Chang Chen and supporting actress Kuei Lun-mei rope in two distinct age groups.

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