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A Window on Asian Cinema
12 Storeys- Eric KHOO
- Singapore
- 1997
- 100min
Three stories are interwoven in the course of one day in a block of subsidized residential flats. Ah Gu， a middle-aged man， has brought home a pretty young wife from China， whos...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Suzaku- KAWASE Naomi
- Japan
- 1996
- 95min
In a foresty village suffering from economic recession and decreasing population， people have put their hopes for a better future in the promise that the railroad will soon be com...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Yours & Mine- Wang Shaudi
- Taiwan
- 1997
- 114min
This second film by director Wang Shaudi (Accidental Legend screened at last year′s PIFF) is a black comedy which satirizes the claustrophobic lives of city residents. The film′s f...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Surveillance- Huang Jian Xin
- China
- 1996
- 90min
Master satirist Huang Jianxin‘s new film is a kind of thriller, but one with most of the generic thriller elements (fights, chases, arrests) left somewhere off-screen. As you might...
A Window on Asian Cinema
The Long Journey- Le Hoang
- Vietnam
- 1996
- 90min
It is 1981, six years after Vietnam‘s war of reunification. The spirit of revolution has been forgotten as Vietnam faces a difficult economy. Director Le Hoang emphasizes the old s...
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The River- Tsai Ming-Liang
- Taiwan
- 1997
- 115min
It takes a while before we realize that the three central characters in The River are members of the same family: son, father and mother. They share a rundown apartment in Taipei b...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Labyrinth of Dreams- Ishii Sogo
- Japan
- 1996
- 90min
Ishii Sogo was a pioneer of independent, self-taught film-making in Japan. He achieved a breakthrough for himself and many other would-be directors when he co-directed a 35mm remak...
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A Queer story- Shu Kei
- Hong Kong
- 1996
- 110min
＂Coming out ＂ takes different forms depending on the culture. A Queer Story illustrates the situations of gays in Hong Kong and China. the story focuses on the love between middle-...
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Blue Moon- Ko I-Cheng
- Taiwan
- 1997
- 99min
There is usually one full moon every month. In those rare months with two, the second one is called the "Blue Moon." The saying goes that if you wish on a blue moon, you′ll given a...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Gabbeh- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Iran
- 1996
- 73min
Recent Iranian cinema is notable for experimenting with new ways of storytelling. Mohsen Makhamalbaf used an absolutely new and complicated storytelling method in Moment of Innocen...