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Five Girls and a Rope
5 girls are married off and hang themselves to avoid their fate. Critics’ Prize Rotterdam 1992.Published on: -
Yingchunke Zhi Fengbo
Brilliant ‘chamber’ play with epic dimensions and super cast at the time of the Yuan dynasty.Published on: -
Duli shidai
Comedy about 56 hours in the life of young city-dwellers and their work, loves and relationships. By the maker of A Brighter Summer Day.Published on: -
Youchai
The introvert postman Xiaodou is transferred to a different and strange neighbourhood with fateful consequences.Published on: -
Chongqing Senlin
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Duo-sang
Prize-winning début by scriptwriter Hou Hsiao-hsien about decay in the mines in Taiwan and a father-son relationship.Published on: -
Aiqing Wansui
An uninhabited apartment is used by three young people. Loneliness and alienation. Golden Lion at Venice. By the maker of Rebels of the Neon God.Published on: -
Ba Wang bieji
Highly-regarded epic about life of two opera stars up till and during the Cultural Revolution. Golden Palm Cannes 1993.Published on: -
Huang-se Gushi
Early rôle by well-known actress Maggie Cheung in clever film about love, marriage, divorce and growing up.Published on: -
Kuer liulang ji
Famous, melancholy and moving Chinese “Alone in the World”. With singing. Siao won best actress award as 5-year-old child star.Published on: