The Hole
Friday, September 11, 2026 · 7:30 PM CDT · Loretto-Hilton Center for the Performing Arts · Webster Groves, MO
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(Tsai Ming-liang, 1998, Taiwan, 89 minutes) New 35mm print! Set just prior to the start of the 21st century, this vaguely futuristic story follows two residents of a quickly crumbling building who refuse to leave their homes in spite of a virus that has forced the evacuation of the area. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man (Tsai regular Lee Kang-sheng) is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman (Yang Kuei-mei, Goodbye, Dragon Inn) who lives below him. Combining deadpan humor with an austere view of loneliness and a couple of unexpected musical numbers, Tsai Ming-Liang crafted one of the most original films of the 1990s. J. Hoberman, who called it one of the ten best films of 1999 in the Village Voice when it was first released, recently wrote in the New York Times that The Hole was “Impressive a quarter century ago… even more so today.” In Mandarin with English subtitles.
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