MonkeyPeaches' Monthly Recap - Movies Released In March (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

March 31, 2004

China (mainland)    

 

Mei Ren Cao (lit. Beauty Grass) / The Foliage / aka. Years Without Equidemic

The 1970's, at a remote plantation where hundreds of young men and women from the cities work and live, a boy and a girl fall in love...

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Based on novel Chu Lian (First Love) by Shi Xiaoke, written by Shi Xiaoke, Wu Ying and Huang Jingjing, directed by Lü Yue, starring Shu Qi, Liu Ye, Fang Bin, Qi Huan, Chan Chuang, He Qichao and Li Mengnan.

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Other Releases:

The Eye 2 (Hong Kong)

In-Laws Out-Laws (Hong Kong)

Itchy Heart (Hong Kong)

The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (USA)

Music From Another Room (USA)

Papa Loves You (Hong Kong)

Paydirt (UK)

Sex And The Beauties (Hong Kong)

 

 

 

   

 

Wo Xin Fei Xiang (lit.: My heart flies high) / Rainbow

Have witnessed all his students died for conflicts among warlords and handicapped during a battle, a painter leave his troop behind, settles down at a small utopia-like village and becomes a kite maker. This is early 1930's. He marries a local girl who never speak. A young music student comes and takes the girl's heart away. Suddenly, Japan's war machine rolls into the quite village and everything so beautiful is doomed...

 

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Written and directed by Gao Xiaosong, starring Chen Daoming, Li Xiaolu, Zheng Jun and Ding Yongdai.

 

Nü Sheng Ri Ji / Girls' Diary

A growing-up story of a sixth grade elementary school girl.

 

Directed by Shi Jiandu, starring Yang Zi, He Jiong.

 

 
   

Wei Le Ming Tian (lit.: For Tomorrow)

A docudrama for promoting Juvenile crime preventing.

 

Directed by Song Zhao, Li Xiuming, starring Jing Yidan.

 

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Hong Kong  

Other Releases:

Along Came Polly (USA)

Big Fish (USA)

Buffalo Soldiers (USA)

The Butterfly Effect (USA)

The Foliage (China)

Hope To Have A Home (China)

The Human Stain (USA)

Life Express (China)

Memories Of Murder (South Korea)

Out Of Time (USA)

School Of Rock (USA)

Shattered Glass (USA)

Stuck On You (USA)

Taking Lives (USA)

Untold Scandal (South Korea)

Zatoichi (Japan)

Qi Nian Hen Yang (lit: Very itchy seven years) / Itchy Heart

Wife is away and the husband has decided to get himself a treat. He meets an energetic teen girl and encounters his first love...

 

Directed by Matt Chow, starring Lau Ching-Wan, Lau Kar-ling, CoCo Chiang, Cherrie In.

 

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Jian Gui (lit.: Seeing ghosts) / The Eye

A girl who starts seeing ghostly figures following pregnant women, including herself, and what is growing inside her womb is also no ordinary baby...

 

Directed by the Pang brothers, starring Shu Qi, Eugenia Yuan.

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Zhe Ge A Ba Zhen Bao Zhao (lit.: This dad is really cool) / Papa Loves You

A single dad is worried about the safety of his daughter, who has befriends several question teens. One day, dad accidentally saves the life of a retired kungfu master and is mistaken as another retired kungfu master by those teens...

 

Directed by Herman Yau, starring Leung Ka-Fai, Charlene Choi, Kenny Kwan, Steven Cheung, Eric Tse.

 

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Taiwan  

Other Releases:

2009 Lost Memories (South Korea)

Along Came Polly (USA)

Amator (Poland)

Big Fish (USA)

The Classic (South Korea)

Gomez & Tavarès (France)

Hidalgo (USA)

Les Invasions barbares (Canada)

The Iron Ladies 2: Before and After (Thailand)

Leaving Me Loving You (Hong Kong)

Novo (Switzerland)

One Miss Call (Japan)

Osama (Afghanistan)

Le Papillon (France)

Runaway Jury (USA)

Secondhand Lions (USA)

Silver Hawk (Hong Kong)

Stuck On You (USA)

Together (China)

Untold Scandal (South Korea)

20 30 40

A story of three women born in three different decades. The 20 something woman just leave home to chase her dream of star; the 30 something woman, a flight attendant, wants to marry a good guy, and the 40 something woman decides to divorce her husband who has been cheating on her...

 

Directed by Sylvia Chang, starring Liu Joyin, Angelica Lee, Sylvia Chang, Leung Ka-Fai, Anthony Wong, Richie Jen.

 

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Photos: G-film.com, Mov3.com, sina.com.