Hou Hsiao-hsien
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Hou Hsiao-hsien at IFFR
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The puppetmaster
Hou Hsiao-hsien | 142' | Taiwan | -
Hou’s sublime film is the story of the puppeteer Li from the Japanese occupation of Taiwan up to the US bombardment during liberation. -
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Jam Session – Kikujiro no natsu koshiki kaizokuban
Shinozaki Makoto | 93' | Japan | -
The formidable Kitano Takeshi in the ‘making-of’ of his last film Kikujiro. Plus an unforgettable encounter with the Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien. -
Reflections
Yao Hung-i | 87' | Taiwan | None
Debut film by Taiwanese talent, Yao Hung-i, the former assistant director to Hou Hsiao-hsien. That the influence of the great teacher is recognisable -
Three Times
Hou Hsiao-hsien | 135' | France | None
Three love stories in three different eras (1966, 1911 and 2005) in Hou’s characteristic, philosophical and aesthetic style. The different couples are -
Cute Girl
Hou Hsiao-hsien | 90' | Taiwan | None
Hou Hsiao-hsien started his unsurpassed career with three commercial, melodramatic trivialities that were intended as vehicles for the now almost forg -
Le voyage du ballon rouge
Hou Hsiao-hsien | 113' | France | None
Imagine that a French director who doesn’t speak a word of Chinese wants to make a Taiwanese film, then you would politely advise him against.… -
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The Assassin
Hundreds of martial art films have been made in the wuxia genre over the years, but the Taiwanese master of the modern Chinese outlook on… -
Growing Up
Chen Kun-hou | 100' | Taiwan | None
Written and produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Growing Up tells the tale of a recomposed family: a man from the mainland and his native Taiwanese wife.…