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- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
Summary This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
Directed By: Wi Ding Ho
Written By: Wi Ding Ho
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 46 m
Cities of Last Things
66
6.8
Summary This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist's turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology.
Directed By: Wi Ding Ho
Written By: Wi Ding Ho
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
33% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The film is at its most arresting in its slick neo noir middle section.
Though it takes a little while for the film to find its footing, this is an ambitious and, finally, also touching new work from Pinoy Sunday director Ho Wi Ding.
Cities of Last Things has a puzzle-box structure that makes it seem complex and that tasks us with teasing out allusions and associations that a straighter telling would miss, but emotionally it is also simple: Nestled in the middle of this loop-the-loop enigma, skewering the slippery narrative to its timeline like a pin through the heart, it’s a love story.
A surprisingly effective slice of dystopian noir.
In drawing on a melange of influences, Ho’s film succeeds in using fractured time as way of puzzling together the essential drives that move a city and its inhabitants.
As the full picture comes into focus, the narrative can tend toward the trite. The chief pleasure of the movie is the 35-millimeter cinematography of Jean Louis Vialard.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.8
60% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
6.8
60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Awards
Taipei Film Festival
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Chinese Film Media Awards
• 4 Nominations
