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Tianguo niezi
Sober and very moving film about a boy who accuses his mother of murdering his father. Grand Prix Tokyo Film Festival 1994.Published on: -
Keep Cool
Zhang’s latest film is contemporary in form and content and shot in the streets, apartments, cafés and karaoke-bars of Peking. Bookseller follows sexyPublished on: -
Yours and Mine
Tragi-comedy in four interwoven chapters about several inhabitants of Taipei from the top to the bottom rungs of the social ladder.Published on: -
East Palace, West Palace
Controversial, beautifully photographed and acted film by the maker of Sons is about the nighttime interrogation of a gay by a policeman.Published on: -
Blue Moon
Unique film form (the 5 film reels are screened in a random order!) reflects the possible story lines in the lives of a producer, a…Published on: -
The River
Occasionally acid, penetrating and slightly controversial portrait of a malfunctioning family in Taipei, by the maker of Vive l’Amour won the Silver BPublished on: -
Once Upon a Time Proletarian
Portrait of post-Maoist China in twelve commentaries by inhabitants of the country. Writer/film maker Guo Xialolu sketches a varied picture of a ChinaPublished on: -
At the End of Daybreak
TV news report about two murdered girls form the source of inspiration for this crime drama by Ho Yuhang, who has previously been to Rotterdam…Published on: -
Little Note
Sweet-voiced. That’s what you can say about the boy in the film, but also about the film itself. The maker likes to go over the…Published on: -
Condolences
Burial rites become the mise-en-scène in which politicians, the media, a monk and an infuriated neighbour vividly portray the aftermath of an accidentPublished on: