Parking (2008 film)
# Parking (2008 film)

Parking (Chinese: 停車; pinyin: Tíngchē) is a 2008 Taiwanese movie.

## Synopsis

On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen-Mo (Chang Chen) makes a dinner date with his wife (Gwei Lun-mei), hoping to improve their estranged relationship. While he is buying a cake on his way home, a car double-parks next to his, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen-Mo searches for the owner of the car and encounters a succession of strange events and eccentric characters: an old couple living with their precocious granddaughter who have lost their only son; a one-armed barbershop owner cooking fish-head soup; a mainland Chinese prostitute trying to escape her pimp’s cruel clutches; and a Hong-Kong tailor embroiled in debt and captured by underground loan sharks.

## Cast

* Chang Chen as Chen Mo
* Gwei Lun-mei as Chen Mo's Wife
* Leon Dai as Pimp
* Chapman To as Tailor
* Jack Kao as Barber
* Peggy Tseng as Hooker
* Tou Chung-hua as Gang Leader
* Lai-Yin Yang
* Lin Kai-jung as Barber's Granddaughter
* Holger Chen as Gang Member

## Festivals

* Cannes Film Festival 2008 – Un Certain Regard
* Montreal World Film Festival 2008
* Bangkok International Film Festival 2008
* Vancouver International Film Festival 2008
* Pusan International Film Festival 2008
* Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008
* Stockholm International Film Festival 2008
* Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2008
* Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 – Opening Film
* !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival 2009
* Spokane International Film Festival 2009
* 2009 Adelaide Film Festival
* Osaka Asian Film Festival 2009
* Bradford International Film Festival 2009
* Taiwan London Cinefest 2009
* Barcelona Asian Film Festival
* Silk Screen Film Festival 2009
* Wisconsin Film Festival 2011

## Award

* Golden Horse Award, Best Art Direction – FIPRESCI Critics Award: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008
* Best New Talent - Audience Favourite Film: Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2008
