A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
the vibe
What Time Is It There? Vibe
What it feels like
slow-burnbittersweetmoderatelayeredlight-touchpersonalearnest
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Movie2001·116 min
What Time Is It There?
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
A drama film directed by Tsai Ming-liang.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 40%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.0/10
120 ratings
About What Time Is It There?
- Pacing
- Slow-burn (1 of 9)
- Tone
- Bittersweet (4 of 9)
- Intensity
- Moderate (4 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Personal (4 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Contemplative, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- isolation loneliness, identity self discovery, fate destiny, urban, paris, strangers forced together, romantic partners, everyman, outsider misfit, slow burn reveal, fish out of water