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2 YOUNG
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Yee Tung-shing aka Derek Yee (One Nite in Mongkok) helms this sensitively observed look at the effects of pregnancy on two teens separated by class barriers. When 18-year-old Ka-fu (Jaycee Fong), a struggling night school student, fathers a child with Yeuk-nam (Fiona Sit), an affluent lawyer's daughter, the couple faces immense scrutiny from their families and from society. Fong, the son of actor Jackie Chan, and Sit, a Chinese pop star, are compelling in their respective roles. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Yee Tung-shing---China---2005---107 mins.
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24 CITY
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From the director of Still Life comes this documentary about a massive Chinese factory that's being demolished for a high-end condo complex.
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BEIJING BICYCLE
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In this modern variation of The Bicycle Thief, a young delivery man searches for his stolen bike, his story eventually intersecting with that of another man who purchased it on the black market. This moving drama marks a significant departure from director Wang Xiaoshuai's controversial earlier film, Frozen. "...both an homage to De Sica and a reinterpretation of his ideas for a vastly different society facing an even more critical moment of change...[a] complex, politically charged tapestry of contemporary Chinese life..." (Bill Gallo, New Times Los Angeles). In Mandarin with English Wang Xiaoshuai---China/Taiwan---2001---113 mins.
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BIG ROAD/ QUEEN OF SPORTS
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This double feature DVD presents two classic silent works by Yu Sun, one of the most important directors of early Chinese cinema. The Big Road (Yu Sun, China, 1935, 104 mins.) tells the story of 6 men working as a road crew who eventually learn the importance of collective action when threatened by Japanese influences. A young woman with natural physical talents becomes the Queen of Sports (Yu Sun, China, 1934, 89 mins.), the type of citizen championed in Chinese society. Despite her physical agility, her greatest challenge is fending off the influences of the urban upper classes. Silent Yu Sun---China---1934/1935---183 mins.
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BLACK SNOW (BEN MING NIAN)
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It's hard to imagine this "dark, politically daring" (Rotterdam Film Festival) film being made in China during the 2000s, let alone the year after the Tiananmen Square protests. After years in a labor camp, Li Huiqian (Jiang Wen) is released and returns to his old neighborhood in Beijing. Not only is the young man's family gone, but he is out of step with the increasingly capitalist society. With no friends or marketable skills, it's only a matter of time before he falls back into bad habits. "Shocking in the way it delivers a raw insight into the shabby biotopes of a bleak underworld" (Senses of Cinema). Winner of a Silver Berlin Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Xie Fei---China---1990---99 mins.
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BLIND MOUNTAIN
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Li Yang's second film after Blind Shaft is a deliberately-slow drama about a pretty college girl (Lu Huang) who travels to a picturesque, albeit backward region in mainland China and gets sold into marital slavery. "Stunningly realistic...a furious denunciation of injustices in contemporary China" (Richard Brody, The New Yorker). An Official Selection at Cannes and Sundance, but only after major cuts imposed by Chinese authorities. In Mandarin with optional English subtitles. Li Yang---China---2007---103 mins.
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BLUE KITE
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Condemned by the Chinese government, The Blue Kite provides a unique window into contemporary Chinese life and politics. During the Cultural Revolution in China, a man called Teitou, his family and his friends all experience the political and social upheavals that shook a continent. This scathing indictment of life under Chairman Mao was banned along with the filmmaker. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Tian Zhuangzhuang---China---1993---138 mins.
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BLUSH ( HONG FEN )
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The passionate drama from the author of Raise the Red Lantern, about the relationship between two close friends and former prostitutes in 1950's Shanghai who fall for the same man. "A sumptuous feast for the eyes while spinning a tale of wives and concubines" (Todd Anthony, Miami New Times). In Cantonese with English subtitles. Li Shaohong---China/Hong Kong---1996---119 mins.
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BOOK AND SWORD: THE FINAL BATTLE
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In this final chapter of the Book and Sword series, based on Jin Yong's writings, Red Flower Chief Chan (Vincent Zhao) is forced into exile to escape the bloodthirsty Empress Dowager. He joins with a group of nomads determined to make a successive strike against her. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles.
Daniel Li---China---2003---165 mins.
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BREAKING THE SILENCE
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Chinese superstar Gong Li won Best Actress honors at the Montreal World Film Festival for her excellent performance in this drama of domestic struggles in contemporary China. She plays a mother trying to raise and educate her hearing-impaired child after her husband loses his job. When her son's hearing aid is destroyed, the mother must try legal and illegal efforts to earn enough money to purchase a replacement. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Zhou Sun---China---1999---95 mins.
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CHILDREN PEKING OPERA SINGERS
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Seven-year-old Wang follows his father into town while he sells vegetables. One day, Wang sees the performance of a group of Peking opera students. He jumps on stage and asks to join the troupe, and they accept him. Wang is given the role of a clown in the opera San Cha Kou. Wang works hard and becomes well-liked by the other performers as they prepare for opening night in Wang's hometown. With Wang Hao, Ma Chongle, Wang Wenduan, Zhang Ju, and Guo Guan Duona. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Du Min---China---2002---85 mins.
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CHINESE HISTORY THROUGH A COMMUNIST LENS: AN EXCLUSIVE FACETS 2-PACK
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Communist China reworks its history in this pair of dramas focusing on the plight of women in different historical periods. In New Year Sacrifice (1956), a poor woman faces trial after trial. This is joined by Red River Valley (1996), a vigorous, coming-of-age epic set during the 1905 British occupation of Tibet.
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CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH ( NANKING! NANKING! )
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Set in the Chinese capital of Nanking, which fell to Japanese forces in the early days of WWII, this acclaimed war film tells the story of the systematic rape of Nanking's women and execution of civilians. By using these atrocities as a backdrop and instead focusing on individuals on all sides, the resulting film is "hauntingly profound" (Time Out).
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CONFUCIUS (BLU-RAY & DVD)
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Chow Yun-Fat is perfect as the oft-quoted Chinese philosopher in this blockbuster biopic from the producer of Red Cliff. Confucius is reverent to its subject, but never at the expense of being entertaining, and, during the action sequences, even thrilling. That’s right. This isn’t just a costume drama about a great thinker--Confucius gets his hands dirty. In Feudal China around 500 BC, Confucius, an aging commoner, is appointed to a government post in the kingdom of Lu, and he uses this position to enact forward-thinking laws based on morality, reason, and justice. As the kingdom ascends, its warmongering neighbor, the kingdom of Qi ruled by Duke Jing (Ma Jingwu), takes aim at Lu. Coming from a military family, Confucius rises to lead the armies of Lu in battle. When the safety of the kingdom is restored, the sage’s attention is diverted by a beautiful consort (Zhou Xun). Meanwhile, the feuding princes of Lu conspire to diminish Confucius’ political gains. Winner of Best Cinematography at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Hu Mei---China---2010---125 mins.
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COUNTRY TEACHERS
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A dedicated young teacher in a small Chinese village works against all odds for the future of her students in this inspirational story of truth and dedication. In her selfless pursuit, she learns about love, the kindness of country folk and the power of education. Winner of two Chinese Academy Awards. Stars Ju Xue, Li Baotian, Xiu Zongdi and Wang Xueqi. In Mandarin with English He Qun---China---1993---90 mins.
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DAM STREET
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Winner of the C.I.C.A.E. Award at the 2005 Venice Film Festival, this second feature from Chinese filmmaker Li Yu (Fish and Elephant) is a haunting melodrama about a teenage girl, Yun (Liu Yi), and how her life goes astray after hiding an unwanted pregnancy from the rest of her village. When this is discovered, Yun is cast out of school, her boyfriend abandons her, and her child is put up for adoption. Ten years later, we find her singing in a cabaret in the same rigid town. Contrasting the jeering crowds she entertains, Yun develops a friendship with a 10-year-old boy (Huang Xingrao), helping her to cope with a past and present plagued with scorn. "...offers a portrait of alienation in a post-Mao world as believable as it is grim, grim, grim" (Manohla Dargis, New York Times). In Mandarin and Sichuan with English Li Yu---China---2005---93 mins.
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DATING A VAMPIRE
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Wong Jing (Naked Killer) directed this horror comedy about two med students who meet three sisters, their neighbors in an apartment building, and the problems that erupt when the women are discovered to be vampires. One of the students is eyed for an upcoming underground marriage. Can these vampires be stopped? In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. Clarence Fok---China---2006---91 mins.
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DENG XIAOPING: A LEGEND
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CCTV, the official Chinese TV news station, produced this documentary highlighting the political career and reign of Deng Xiaoping, the successor to Mao for the leadership of China. Among the topics covered are the Cultural Revolution, Tianmen Square, and the rise of China to a Westernized economy. In Chinese with English subtitles. China---2005---95 mins.
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DEVILS ON THE DOORSTEP
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Wen Jiang directs and stars in this sweeping look at life in a Chinese village under Japanese occupation during WWII. Jiang plays a man ordered by Japanese soldiers to house two prisoners. When the soldiers do not return for their captives, the villagers must decide what to do with them. The winner of the Grand Prix at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, Devils On the Doorstep was an international hit, but created a furor in China, where the government banned the film and exiled Jiang from the Chinese film industry. In Mandarin Jiang Wen---China---2000---140 mins.
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DON QUIXOTE (GUO TAO)
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In what was billed as "Asia's first wholly 3-D movie," Guo Tao (Weaving Girl) stars in the title role alongside Wang Gang as his sidekick Sancho. Instead of Cervantes' 17th-century Spain, writer-director Ah Gan (aka Agan, Kiefer Liu) relocates the farcical novel to the Tang dynasty, where much wuxia action takes place in the exotic mountains surrounding Chang'an. A lot of liberties are taken with the original story, but the filmmakers manage to translate some of that classic wit into an epic Chinese blockbuster. With Karena Lam and Miao Pu. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Ah Gan---China---2010---111 mins.
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