<p><strong>“A quietly stunning drama which sees the various problems facing a rapidly modernised city reflected in the lives of a dozen or so subtly observed characters.” - <em>Time Out</em></strong><br /><br />Starring MIFF regular, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien (<em>Three Times</em>, MIFF 2006, <em>The Flight of the Red Balloon</em>) as a washed-up, ex-baseball player, Taipei Story vividly paints Taipei as a chaotic boomtown of the 80s, as experienced by a couple teetering on the edge of a rocky relationship. <br /><br />Underneath the perceived prosperity of the city bubbles a torrent of uncertainty, and a confusion that colours the conflicting attitudes of different generations.<br /><br />With this film, Yang set himself a challenge: to work within a restrictive filmmaking environment with a cast of non-actors and a crew consisting of assistants and inexperienced technicians. <br />