A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mel Chionglo
• Philippines
• 2000
• 100 min

Lagarista, transporting film reels between theaters by bike, is still prevalent in the Philippines. Gregory works the Lagarista, while taking care of his grandfather ailing from Al...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yin Chi,Hsu Li-kong
• Taiwan
• 2000
• 123 min

Fleeing by Night is a sad tale of two men and a woman living through an era of uncertainty. Set in China during the 1930s, theater owner′s daughter, Ing′er, her cellist fiance, Sha...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nagisa Oshima
• Japan
• 2000
• 100 min

Returning to fiction film-making after a 13-year absence, Nagisa Oshima has overcome the handicap of a stroke (which left him partially paralyzed) and made one of his purest, sadde...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Aparna Sen
• India
• 1999
• 130 min

Perhaps conflict between a mother and her daughter-in-law is the last exit for problems concerning women than simply being an issue of personality because victims tend to hurt each...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Dang Nhat Mihn
• Vietnam
• 2000
• 100 min

The season of guavas ripening, Hoa attempts to climb over the fence of a big house every time he has the opportunity. This house is actually the place where Hoa grew up and where h...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Sogo Ishii
• Japan
• 2000
• 137 min

Shanao who appeared out of nowhere during 10th century Japan, and whose tragic death at a young age has left numerous battle stories, is a true historical figure. Especially the st...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Fruit Chan
• Hong Kong
• 1999
• 107 min

This, last part of Fruit Chan′s ′Trilogy of Hong Kong Handover,′ is a self-portrait of Hong Kong during a period of transition seen through the eyes of a nine-year boy. Fruit Chan ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Jia Zhang-Ke
• China,Hong Kong,Japan,France
• 2000
• 193 min

From 1979 to 1989 China was going through tremendous change. The open-door policy induced not only cultural and economic changes, but also great shifts in attitudes. Filmmaker, Jia...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yusup Razykov
• Uzbekistan
• 2000
• 74 min

Letters from an unknown place can bring joy. Women′s Paradise from Uzbekistan is truly a delightful experience full of exotic sensibility and human warmth. The main character is co...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yongyooth Thongkonthun
• Thailand
• 2000
• 104 min

Most films on homosexuality and sexual identity approach these subjects with great seriousness, either through the subject of AIDS or existential approaches to a person who has run...