Opening This Week: April 18 - 24, 2009 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)
April 24, 2009
Local Films
Other Films
China (mainland)
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City of Life and Death / Nan Jing! Nan Jing! (Mandarin) / Nanjing! Nanjing! (literal)
(China)
(April 22, 2009)
In December 1937, after suffering a heavy loss, the Japanese army broke into the Nanjing, the capital city of China. Trapped inside the city, a small number of soldiers were still fighting and others were simply thinking about survival. The Japanese began executing captured war prisoners and searching for women to rape. A six-week long holocaust begins...
This black and white film retells the story of the Nanjing (Nanking) Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, which took the life of more than 300,000 people, from both sides of the horror. First film by Lu Chuan after his critically acclaimed
Kekexili: The Mounttain Patrol.
Directed by：LU Chuan,
Written by: LU Chuan,
Starring: LIU Ye, GAO Yuanyuan, Hideo NAKAIZUMI, FAN Wei, John
Paisley, JIANG Yiyan, Ryu KOHATA, QIN Lan, YAO Di, ZHAO Yihui.
Produced by: China Film Group (Beijing), Stellar Megamedia
(Beijing), Jiangsu Broadcasting System (Nanjing), Media Asia Films
(Hong Kong).
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Ji Mu Ri Ji / Diaries of a Stepmother (literal)
(China)
(April 22, 2009)
To let her stepdaughter being able to have a better life in the future, she decides to act as a bad mother today...
Directed by: ZHU Shichun,
Starring: YE Qingqing, Ga Zi, LI Ge,
Produced by: ShengShi HuaRui Film Investment & Management Co., Ltd. (Beijing).
Hong Kong
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Permanent Residence / Wing Gau Geui Lau (Cantonese)
(Hong Kong)
(April 23, 2009)
Ivan is a homosexual, who is obsessed with death and doesn't believe he will live to celebrate his 30th birthday. He meets another guy and falls in love with him. Their relationship is very difficult, because the man he loves is straight...
Permanent Residence
explores, in complete abandon and full nudity, the life story of a young man who pursues an impossible love with his straight boyfriend and contemplates on the mortality of his loved ones. Permanent Residence exudes a deep understanding and sensibility towards the important issues involved in loving, living and dying.Directed by: Scud,
Written by: Scud,
Starring: Jackie CHOW, Osman HUNG, LAU Yu-Hong, Sean LI,
Produced by: Artwalker (Hong Kong).
Candy Rain
Taiwan
Apr. 23
Drifting Flowers
Taiwan
Apr. 23
Apr. 23
Tulpan
Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland
Apr. 23
Taiwan
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Our Island, Our Dreams / Xing Yue Wu Jin (Mandarin) / Stars Endless, Moon Endless (literal)
(Taiwan)
(April 24, 2009)
In the small island of Kinmen, A girl and two boys, growing up since
very young, hang around everyday and pretend friendship is the only
thing among them. Until one day, a soldier from Taiwan starts
courting the girl with full strength…
The soldier’s passion brings back the memory of the girl’s older
sister, who once worked at a pool ball club and the dream girl of
every soldier in the island. She fell in love with an officer but
their relationship ended with a misunderstanding…
Shot in Kinmen, a small island near the mainland China and under
Taiwan’s control. The film tells stories of soldiers stationed in
the island in the 1970s, who were forbidden to date local girls.
Directed by: TONG Chan-Yu,
Starring: YANG Kuei-Mei, CHEN Yi-Han, Matt WU, CHEN Cheng-Wei, WONG
Sai-Yuen,
Produced by: NFY International Multi-Media Co., Ltd. (Taipei).
Images: China Film Group, Stellar Megamedia, Jiangsu Broadcasting System, Media Asia Films, ShengShi HuaRui Film Investment & Management Co., Ltd., Artwalker, NFY International Multi-Media Co., Ltd.