A Window on Asian Cinema
A Tale of Three CitiesA Tale of Three Cities deals with the desperate love of a couple who, separated by war, must find the strength to reach safety and be together. During the Sino-Japanese war, a widow and opium smuggler, Yuerong, and a widower, Daol...
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The Dream of ShahrazadSouth African director Francois Verster’s new work is a documentary in which three elements, namely Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphony Scheherazade, the classic Arab literature One Thousand and One Nights and the Arab Revolution are inter...
A Window on Asian Cinema
7 LettersSeven of Singapore’s most illustrious filmmakers, including Boo Junfeng, Eric Khoo, K Rajagopal, Jack Neo, Tan Pin Pin, Royston Tan, and Kelvin Tong, have gathered their creative storytelling and filmmaking talents to create a one...
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The ShameWhat happens when a lifelong bonded laborer suddenly finds a voice? A newly “freed” man is at loose ends when sudden autonomy threatens to unravel everything he knows. Prajapati’s satire revolves around the illusion of freedom and...
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Where am I?: Beyond Girl and WomanA story about African female genital mutilation(FGM) told from multiple sides. An interview-style documentary, the film contains various opinions from people from all walks of life on the deep-rooted custom. From supporters of FGM...
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Boys RunBoys Run portrays two youths, Minsoo and Sangho, growing up in the Sungmisan Hill Community, demonstrating the community’s simultaneous commonplaceness and specialness. There, freedom to wander is allowed in a natural pace, one th...
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Boy with GuitarAn alcoholic father beats his wife and son every day. The boy suffers the violence in silence and begins seeking out a way to console himself. He finds a guitar in his cousin’s room and decides to learn to play.
Korean Cinema Today
The UnfairOn a demolition site, Park Jaeho?one of the residents relocated from the dwellings to be demolished?is arrested on suspicion of murdering a policeman. After witnessing his own son’s death he tried to prevent a gangster from gettin...
Korean Cinema Today
Ordinary PeopleTimid office worker Jaepil reaches a crisis point in his life when his wife demands a divorce and his boss orders him to commit an immoral act at work?and he is questioned by the police as a witness to a murder that happened in th...
A Window on Asian Cinema
O Kadhal KanmaniMumbai in 2015 is the center of India’s economy as well as the trendy, hip city of youth. O Kadhal Kanmani is a romantic drama set in Mumbai?the love story of a couple that is irresistibly energetic and full of youthful vigor. Tar...