Hu die fu ren (Short 2009)

Hu die fu ren: Directed by Ming-liang Tsai. With Pearlly Chua. A woman is wandering the upstairs shopping center above a bus terminus aimlessly, as she cannot pay for the bus ticket to travel to Muar, even though she is generously offered a ticket at a discounted price that she has enough money for.

“I must say that I had expected something a bit more than a short movie about a woman wandering aimlessly about a shopping center and a bus terminus, complaining that she doesnu0026#39;t have enough money to travel to Muar, and then watching her laying on a bed and doing nothing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYeah, that was essentially the entire movie summarized. Sounds interesting? No, it doesnu0026#39;t. But that was the u0026quot;Hu die fu renu0026quot; (aka u0026quot;Madame Butterflyu0026quot;) in its entirety.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere was very little dialogue to help the non-existing storyline along the way, so it was a mind-boggling and impressively boring 36 minutes of practically nothing. This was just a waste of time and effort. And now that I have suffered through this, I can honestly say that I am never ever going to return to watch this 2009 short movie a second time.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn fact, some of us suffered through this short film so you donu0026#39;t have to. Believe you me, this movie is as pointless as it is uneventful.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy rating of director Ming-liang Tsaiu0026#39;s 2009 short film lands on a more than generous two out of ten stars.”