Vive L'Amour (1994)
literal translation: Hurray for Love
cast: Chen Chao-jung, Lee Kang-sheng, and Yang Kuei-mei
director: Tsai Ming Liang

A very bizarre and slow moving film about a suicidal homosexual who steals a set of keys to a vacant apartment that a female realtor cannot sell in Taipei, but regularly takes a street salesman to so she can have sex with him.

The gay man explores his desires, has a little bit of childish fun, and develops a crush on the realtor’s "friend" after repeatedly spying on the couple. He even discovers her friend has gotten his own set of keys and likes to hang out in the apartment as well.

"Vive L'Amour" could have been interesting, but films about alienation of 20-somethings are growing old in Asia and Wong Kar-wai of Hong Kong does them better anyways.

Despite its good nature as being made as an art film, it suffers from being excessively artsy and drowns in direction, acting, and the likes. The last scene in the film is embarrassingly pitiful, whether its intension is to develop sympathy for the ultimate loss the character must feel inside or not. I could have cared less.

"Vive L'Amour" is French for "Hurray for Love." The title maybe ironic, but in general I wasn't cheering for the film.