ASIAN SHOWCASE: NEW CHINESE CINEMA PRESENTED BY HAWAII NATIONAL BANK
NOMINATED FEATURE DIRECTOR AND CAST IN ATTENDANCE
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RETURN TICKET NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
MONDAY, OCT. 17 | 1:30 PM | REGAL DOLE SATURDAY, OCT. 22 | 6:30 PM | REGAL DOLE CHINA, TAIWAN ROC 2011 | MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 85M
DIRECTOR: Teng Yung-hsing SCREENWRITER: Qin Hailu, Teng Yung-hsing, Xi Ran, Ge Wenzhe, Elsa Yang PRODUCERS: Hou Hsiao-hsien CAST: Li Binbin, Qin Hailu, Tang Qun, Fang Xiaoyue, Shen Yiqun
Shanghai, the present day. After spending two years in Shenzhen on a failed clothing enterprise, Cai Li (Qin Hailu), a migrant worker from Anhui province, returns to Shanghai and stays with Xie Qin (Tang Qun), an older woman from her hometown. She also hooks up again with hustler Gouzi (Li Binbin), and his friend Jiuzi. Gouzi has a plan to use an old stolen bus to take women from Fuyang back home for New Year, and gets Cai Li to help him sell seats in return for a cut of the income. As the day of departure looms, Cai Li has to decide whether she’ll return home.
Best known in his native Taiwan as a commercials director, Teng Yung- hsing returns with an intriguing second
feature.Though the realistic, chiar- oscuro look, especially in interiors, could be said to show the influence of producer Hou Hsiao-hsien, it could equally be said to reflect that of more independent Mainland movies, nicely blurring the traditional lines between the two film-making industries and reflecting the gradual evolution of a Greater China industry without barriers. –Derek Elley
SACRIFICE
ZHAO SHI GU ER HAWAII PREMIERE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 | 3:00 PM | REGAL DOLE
SUNDAY, OCT. 23 | 3:00 PM | REGAL DOLE DIRECTOR: Chen Kaige SCREENWRITER: Chen Kaige, Ren Baoru, Zhao Ningyu, Gao Xuan PRODUCERS: Qin Hong, Chen Hong CINEMATOGRAPHER: Yang Shu CAST: Fan Bingbing, Hai Qing, Huang Xiaoming, Wang Xueqi, Ge You
Assassinations, baby-swapping and vengeance - Chen Kaige (THE EMPEROR AND THE ASSASSIN, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE) adroitly com- bines the elements of classical melodrama with historical epic to produce a gripping, emotionally resonant film of great impact.
Sinister army general Tu’an Gu (Wang Xueqi) plots the overthrow and deci- mation of the powerful Zhao clan. Cheng Ying (played by Cannes award- winning Chinese actor Ge You) is a humble doctor and new father assigned to the birth of the Zhao heir. When Tu’an Gu’s evil plans are put into action, Cheng Ying rescues the infant Zhao, triggering a chain of events that will ultimately lead to great personal sacrifice and a patiently hatched plan of revenge. Visually ravishing and featuring immaculate period design, the impressive scope and scale of the production are in grand contrast with the intricacies of the father-son dynamics at the heart of SACRIFICE. –Sydney Film Festival
GREAT WALL MY LOVE / FOLK SONGS SINGING
WIND BLAST / LET THE BULLETS FLY
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