Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003 · Movie · 82 min · ★ 6.8 · 81% critics
On a rainy night in Taipei, an aging movie theater prepares for its final screening. As a sparse crowd and a few weary workers drift through the cavernous space, quiet routines and chance encounters unfold, blurring the line between watching a film and being haunted by what cinema leaves behind.
Also known as Good Bye Dragon Inn
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Streaming on Kino Film Collection.
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Details
- Original title
- 不散
- Years
- 2003
- Release date
- 2003-12-12
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (179 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re drawn to patient, minimalist movies that linger on mood, loneliness, and small observations in near-silence; Not for you if you need a clear plot, frequent dialogue, or constant momentum like Stray Dogs.
Pros: hypnotic quiet atmosphere; subtle humor; evocative theater setting | Cons: extremely slow pace; minimal dialogue; little conventional plot
Themes
- cinema on cinema
- rain
- loneliness
- art house
- closing down
- taipei
- mortality
- slow cinema
- movie theater
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2004 · nominated
Cast & crew
Lee Kang-sheng
as Projectionist
Chen Shiang-Chyi
as Ticket Woman
- KM
Kiyonobu Mitamura
as Japanese Tourist
Miao Tian
as Self
Shih Chun
as Self
Chen Chao-jung
as Self
Yang Kuei-mei
as Peanut Eating Woman
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang