The Hole(2020)

1h 35m

Release Date: Aug 28, 2020 | Limited

While never-ending rain and a strange disease spread by cockroaches ravage Taiwan, a plumber makes a hole between two apartments and the inhabitants of each form a unique connection, enacted in musical numbers.

Releases

2026 Re-release | Jul 10, 2026

Current Showtimes

orround

Tue Jun 30
Wed Jul 1
Thu Jul 2
Fri Jul 3
Sat Jul 4
Sun Jul 5
Mon Jul 6

Director & Top Cast

Tsai Ming-liang
Director

Kuei-Mei Yang
The Woman Downstairs

Kang-sheng Lee
The Man Upstairs

Miao Tien
A Shopper

Hui-Chin Lin
A Neighbor

Hsiang-Chu Tong
The Plumber

Kun-huei Lin

The Kid

Shiang-chyi Chen

Actor

Daphne Han

Actor

Bo-Chin Wei

Actor

Jacques Picoux

Actor

Chih-yen Yee

Actor

Yi-ching Lu

Actor

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Taiwan,France

Language: Mandarin

Summaries

Storyline

A strange disease starts to affect people in Taiwan just before the year 2000. The authorities order everyone to evacuate, but some tenants of an apartment building stay put, including a shop owner who lives by himself. One day, a plumber goes to the shop owner's apartment to check the pipes. The plumber drills a small hole in the floor, which comes down through the ceiling of another apartment. The hole never gets repaired, and this leads to some tension between the shop owner and the woman who lives below him. — Patrick Lin