100 minute running time, so the perfect length, but this was pretty terrible and a complete waste of time even on fast forward, It stars then 25-year-old Shu Qi, who is very beautiful and can convincingly smoke a cigarette (after cigarette), but there’s no story here … t’s just a blank, who cares? The only thing I can think is that the old director, Hsiao-hsien Hou, is a bit of a perv and wanted to give her a lot of camera time, which she certainly got. But oh boy, full red, total avoid.

我该怎么办？[you can quit chain smoking for one thing]