Tsai Ming-liang's musical-comedy-erotica is set in a drought-struck Taipei where watermelons stand in for water. Strange, explicit and deadpan, with surreal song numbers, it is a bold, sad and funny oddity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (6,015 votes)
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