The film Money No Enough 2 (錢不夠用2), has become the longest--running movie in Taiwan’s cinematic history.
The Mandarin film from Singapore, which depicts the bittersweet realities of the average person’s everyday life, premiered in Taiwan in May 2009, and is still being screened at Wonderful Cinemas in Greater Taichung.
While many people might have never heard of the film, it has been screened without interruption at a Wonderful cinema for 29 months — a new record.
As of Sunday, the film had been shown 2,566 times throughout the country, with the number of audience members estimated at more than 130,000.
Asked when his theater would stop screening the film, Wonderful Cinemas owner Huang Ping-hsi (黃炳熙) said: “We will pull it only when no one shows up to see it.”
Huang said the film’s Singaporean writer and director, Jack Neo (梁智強), called him recently to thank him for keeping the film in his theater for more than two years.
“He told me he was extremely surprised when he heard that the film was still running at a Taiwanese theater,” Huang said.
According to Huang, Neo is scheduled to visit Taiwan next month to thank him in person.
When asked why he has screened the film for such a long time, Huang said it was because he loved the film.
“The film features heartening scenes that bring both laughter and tears to the audience,” Huang said.
The film depicts the relationship between parents and children and is full of bittersweet moments.
“In our aging society, it feels like our everyday story,” Huang said, adding that the director uses humor to remind ordinary people to practice filial piety.
On Sunday, more than 20 early risers visited Huang’s theater to watch the film. The film used to run five times a day, but now has just one showing a day.
POLAM KOPITIAM CASE: Of the two people still in hospital, one has undergone a liver transplant and is improving, while the other is being evaluated for a liver transplant A fourth person has died from bongkrek acid poisoning linked to the Polam Kopitiam (寶林茶室) restaurant in Taipei’s Far Eastern Sogo Xinyi A13 Department Store, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday, as two other people remain seriously ill in hospital. The first death was reported on March 24. The man had been 39 years old and had eaten at the restaurant on March 22. As more cases of suspected food poisoning involving people who had eaten at the restaurant were reported by hospitals on March 26, the ministry and the Taipei Department of Health launched an investigation. The Food and
The long-awaited Taichung aquarium is expected to open next year after more than a decade of development. The building in Cingshui District (清水) is to feature a large ocean aquarium on the first floor, coral display area on the second floor, a jellyfish tank and Dajia River (大甲溪) basin display on the third, a river estuary display and restaurant on the fourth, and a cafe and garden on the fifth. As it is near Wuci Fishing Port (梧棲漁港), many are expecting the opening of the aquarium to bring more tourism to the harbor. Speaking at the city council on Monday, Taichung City Councilor
A fourth person has died in a food poisoning outbreak linked to the Xinyi (信義) branch of Malaysian restaurant chain Polam Kopitiam (寶林茶室) in Taipei, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Victor Wang (王必勝) said on Monday. It was the second fatality in three days, after another was announced on Saturday. The 40-year-old woman experienced multiple organ failure in the early hours on Monday, and the family decided not to undergo emergency resuscitation, Wang said. She initially showed signs of improvement after seeking medical treatment for nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, but her condition worsened due to an infection, he said. Two others who
Taiwanese should be mindful when visiting China, as Beijing in July is likely to tighten the implementation of policies on national security following the introduction of two regulations, a researcher said on Saturday. China on Friday unveiled the regulations governing the law enforcement and judicial activities of national security agencies. They would help crack down on “illegal” and “criminal” activities that Beijing considers to be endangering national security, according to reports by China’s state media. The definition of what constitutes a national security threat in China is vague, Taiwan Thinktank researcher Wu Se-chih (吳瑟致) said. The two procedural regulations are to provide Chinese