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International Premiere Pigeon Tango

A Window on Asian Cinema

Family · Love/Romance · Horror/Gore · Social Criticism

  • CountryTaiwan
  • Production Year2017
  • Running Time108min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Human organ trafficking is modern cannibalism. This is a Taiwanese noir film mixed with ancient words and family drama, touching our hearts in its repeated twists that continue to the end. A middle-aged man, Ronin, and his Christian community run a pigeon racing business. Barbie, a pole dancer, is devastated when her boyfriend dies in a pigeon racing accident. Malacca, who traffics in organs, extracts Barbie’s dead boyfriend’s, becoming her lover in the process, while Detective Yang continues his long time hunt for Malacca. The characters are biting and being bitten, as pursuer and fugitive, as attacker and victim, or as lover and hater. The racing pigeons are a metaphor for the people stuck in a complex and heartless city. The storyline dramatically compares the crimes with humanistic choices made in the middle of the terrible crime of organ trafficking. The splendid images also stimulate the enjoyment of watching it. (JEONG Minah)
Director
Director
LEE Chi Yuarn
Writer and poet Lee Chi Yuarn hails from Taipei and earned a master’s degree in psychology from UCLA and also studied cinema at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Lee’s filmography includes Chocolate Rap (2006), Beautiful Crazy (2008), and FIPRESCI-winner Blowfish (2011).
Credit
  • Director
    LEE Chi Yuarn
  • ProducerLi-Fen CHIEN
  • CastSunny WANG
    Annie CHEN
    Jieh-Wen KING
    Chun LIAO
  • ScreenplayChi Yuarn LEE
  • CinematographyMahua Shin-Hua FENG
  • Production DesignMichael Tsung Ying YANG
  • EditorChi Yuarn LEE
    David CHUANG
  • SoundFrank CHENG
  • MusicYoshihiro HANNO
  • Production CompanyChi & Company
    lifenchien@yahoo.com
  • World SalesChi & Company
    sanling.chang@gmail.com
Photo
BNK Busan Bank
GENESIS
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co., Ltd.
NUTRILITE
NAVER
카카오 오픈채팅
PARADISE HOTEL BUSAN
Korea Exchange
POSCO
Shinhan Card
Debeach Golf Club
TOPTEN10
CJ CGV
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER