Vive L’Amour • Tsai Ming-Liang • Taiwan • 1994
Vive L’Amour
愛情萬歲 Ai qing wan sui
The second feature from acclaimed master of Taiwan’s Second New Wave, Tsai Ming-liang, Vive L’Amour follows three characters unwittingly sharing a seemingly empty Taipei apartment. Realtor May Lin brings her lover to a vacant unit she has on the market, unaware that it is secretly occupied by a suicidal funeral salesman. A series of precisely staged, tragicomic erotic encounters ensue, exposing the limits of interpersonal connection and the discomfort of proximity.
Presented in a special 2K screening ahead of the highly anticipated 4K restoration, released later in 2025 by Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute.