Parking () is a 2008 Taiwanese film directed and written by Chung Mong-Hong.
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
Awards 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
See also List of films set around Mother's Day
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Canadian Distributor : Evokative Films Variety Time Out Hong-Kong BC Magazine Twitchfilm Screen Daily