At the turn of the millennium, youth culture in Taipei is a techno–driven world of dark nightclubs, cramped apartments, nonstop smoking, and volatile relationships. Vicky is a beautiful woman whose difficult boyfriend contributes to the claustrophobia and alienation that pervade this urban story. Unfolding in shards of memory, the vibrant, mesmerizing film directed by Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao–hsien and shot by Mark Lee Ping–bing (In the Mood for Love) captures the brilliant flash and utter fragility of youth on the edge of adulthood.