A Window on Asian Cinema

• Singapore
• 2008
• 121min

Royston Tan who introduced ‘Getai,’ a unique part of Singaporean culture in his film 881, now interweaves Getai and a woman’s unfortunate life in 12 Lotus. While emphasizing the qualities of musicals such as colorful costumes, gro...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Malaysia
• 2008
• 87min

Sisters Ani and Ana escape from their violent father after their beloved mother dies. They love each other in their Islamic belief. One day, Ana gets beaten by a teacher on account of a trifling matter. A Catholic teacher named Br...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2008
• 114min

The film starts on a day when Yokoyamas’ second son Ryota, accompanied by his new wife, visits the house of his parents. The family has not gathered together; after some small talk and a banquet, a faint tension still exists betwe...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong,China
• 2008
• 90min

This is the 7th movie by director Ho-Cheung Pang who has made several witty movies since his debut You Shoot, I Shoot in 2001. Trivial Matters is an omnibus movie with 7 short stories. The director makes up a series of jokes and p...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Philippines
• 2008
• 86min

Confessional is a film that questions the borderline between truth and lies. However there is a surprising twist at the end. Ryan, who works as a video editing engineer, heads for Cebu island with his girlfriend Monet to participa...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan,Korea
• 2008
• 116min

The new film by Isshin Inudou, director of Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish(2003) and La Maison de Himiko(2005), captures the life and romance of Asako, a single comic artist in her forties, narrated in her apprentice Naomi’s point ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Iran
• 2008
• 83min

A young porter Malek, who works at an Iran-Iraq border area, takes a fancy to a lady named Nora, who frequently entrusts him with hard tasks. After she takes advantage of his fascination, the harshly punished Malek starts to track...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Hong Kong,China,Taiwan
• 2008
• 105min

The youths in this movie deal with the obstacle of reality in pursuit of their big dreams and passions. Even though their disappointments leave them with irreversible scars, they are still young and hopeful. Wind of September, a m...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2008
• 131min

A cellist named Daigo returns home to Yamagata to look for a new job after his orchestra was disbanded. He is employed by a mortician company, but Daigo can’t even tell his wife what he is doing because he is ashamed of the job. N...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Jordan
• 2008
• 99min

Abu Raed is a sweeper who works at the Amman airport. One day he happens to find a pilot’s cap in a trash can at the airport and puts it on. A child from the village mistakes Abu for a pilot, and thus begins the story of Abu and t...