# The hole (1999)

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**Original title**: *洞*
**Runtime**: 95 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Tsai Ming-liang
**Written by**: Tsai Ming-liang, Pi-ying Yang
**Starring**: Yang Kuei-mei, Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tian, Hui-Chin Lin, Lin Kun-huei, Tong Hsiang-Chu

> *A search for intimacy in a world of disaster.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tsai Ming-liang makes a splash with apocalypse. A lone man deals with a plumbing issue and a hole in his floor. It fills with water and awkwardness.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn, surreal

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