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A Window on Asian Cinema
Soul of a Demon- CHANG Tso Chi
- Taiwan
- 2007
- 122min
To all appearances this is a gangster film. However, this film narrates the human tragedy of a person who is a slave of his cruel fate and can never be freed of it. After spending ...
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Sparrow- Johnnie TO
- Hong Kong,China
- 2008
- 86min
Sparrow may be a somewhat unexpected film to come from Johnnie To for those who know the director as the mastermind of Hong Kong crime cinema, especially for his bullet-buzzing bal...
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Still Walking- KORE-EDA Hirokazu
- 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...
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TAHAAN - A Boy with a Grenade- Santosh SIVAN
- India
- 2008
- 105min
It is the story of Tahaan, an eight-year-old boy who takes a long and risky journey to find his best friend and also an important asset to his family, their donkey, Birbal. The dir...
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The Convert- Yasmin AHMAD
- 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...
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The Shaft- Zhang Chi
- China
- 2008
- 98min
In The Shaft, director Chi Zhang tells a story of a family in a mining town in China. In the mining town where it is hard to follow one’s dreams, a father, daughter, and son each s...
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The Song of Sparrows- Majid Majidi
- Iran
- 2008
- 96min
Just like some previous works of Majid Majidi, this film also focuses on the theme that people in difficulty realize the meaning of life when they try to overcome their problems. T...
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The Yurt- Ayub Shakhobitdinov
- Uzbekistan
- 2007
- 83min
There is a father and a son. Believing he lost his wife and parents because of his political activities, the father decides to seclude his son from the mundane world. But the son i...
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This Longing- Azharr Rudin
- Malaysia
- 2008
- 122min
This Longing is a report on familiar things that fade away. The film consists of two stories. Sidi lives with his father in Johor Bahru near the border between Malaysia and Singapo...
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Trivial Matters- PANG Ho-cheung
- Hong Kong,China
- 2007
- 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 stor...