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HOLLYWOOD HONG KONG (For Asia Only)
Hong Kong/ Japan/ UK/ France, 2002, 108 min, Drama, Chinese
Dir. by Fruit CHAN "Little Cheung" "Durian Durian"
Starring ZHOU Xun "The Little Chinese Seamstress" "Suzhou" Glen CHIN
WONG You-nam
Screening Mon 20 May 10:00 Olympia 4
Official Competition - 58th Mostra Internazionale D'arte
Cinematografica, Silver Screen Awards of 15th Singapore International
Film Festival
Opening Film - Hong Kong International Film Festival (2002); Closing
Film - Taipei International Film Festival (2001);
Official Selection - 6th Pusan International Film Festival (Korea),
Sundance Film Festival 2002 (US) and International Film Festival
Rotterdam 2002 (The Netherlands)
The second part of Fruit Chan's trilogy about prostitutes from China: A
father and his two sons, living in Hong Kong's last shanty and poorest
town, face eviction by the government; but the arrival of a beautiful
girl from Mainland China captivates their hearts completely and allows
them to escape the reality of their lives.
* International Sales Capitol Films * Asian Sales Golden
Network Asia Ltd.
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KUNPAN LEGEND OF THE WARLORD (International Premiere)
Thailand, 2002, 115 min, Action/Drama, Thai
Dir. by Thanit Jitnukul "Bang Rajan the Legend of the Village Warriors"
Starring Nimit Pipithkul Pintip Satpretpry
Screenings Mon 20 May 18:00 Riviera 6
Tue 21 May 11:30 Riviera 5
Noble Thai warrior, Kun Pan, is tricked into going to war by Kun Chang
who wants Kun Pan's wife, Pimpilalai. Kun Chang convinces Pimpilalai
that her husband is dead and persuades her to marry him instead. Kun Pan
finds out what Kun Chang has done and seeks revenge, but is thwarted in
his efforts and banished by the king. Kun Pan retreats to live in the
jungle, where he devotes himself to developing supernatural powers,
through horsemanship, swordplay and magic. Thus armed, Kun Pan rescues
his wife and they return to live in the jungle. However, Kun Pan learns
that his mother is desperately ill so he makes one more journey back to
the kingdom to see her. He is caught and imprisoned indefinitely,
leaving Pimpilalai to give birth to their son, Ply Kaew, alone. He
grows up into a noble warrior, like his father. The country is again at
war. Ply Kaew, loyal to the king, asks for permission to find his
father and use his magic to save the kingdom. Kun Pan agrees to help and
the war is won, but he learns that the king has sentenced Pimpilalai to
death. Then disaster strikes as Kun Pan realizes that he cannot
prevent tragedy from happening again
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BANGKOK HAUNTED (European Premiere)
Thailand, 2001, 130 min, Thriller, Thai
Dir. by Pisuth Praesaengaim Producer of "Killer Tattoo" Oxide
PANG "Bangkok:Dangerous"
Starring Pete Thong-Jeur Pimsiree Pimsee Dawan
Singha-wee Kalyanut Sriboonrueng
Screenings Thur 16 May 09:15 Riviera 1
Mon 20 May 09:45 Riviera 4
Death is not the end. Fear is the beginning. Revenge is next
It is late evening in a small pub somewhere in present day Bangkok.
Three young women take turns talking about their lives and the
frightening experiences they have had with ghosts and the supernatural.
"Legend of the Drum": Jieb owns an antique business. One day a 70 years
old drum came her way, and soon after that, Jieb began having strange
dreams, and hearing a woman's voice speaking to her. Searching the
drum's history, she discovers some shocking things about her own.
"Black Magic Woman": Pan, is single, lonely and looking for love. A
friend introduces her to an herbal essence called Black Magic Woman, in
a pagan ceremony. The scent induces men to fall in love with her, and
she does not aware how dangerous the potion is.
"Revenge": Nop is a policeman who gets in trouble with authorities when
he finds a deceased young woman and investigates it as a homicide, not
suicide as his colleagues claimed. He may find that a guiding spirit in
the form of a ghost is the only thing that can help him in his quest.
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KILLER TATTOO (Market Premiere)
Thailand, 2001, 111 min, Action Comedy , Thai
Dir. by Yuthlert Sippapak
Starring Somchai Khemglad Suthep Phongam Petchtai
Wongkamlaow Pongsuk Pongsuwan
Screenings Thur 16 May 14:00 Riviera 6
Fri 17 May 18:00 Riviera 6
Official Selection - 46th Asia Pacific Film Festival 2001 (Indonesia),
Calcutta International Film Festival (India) and 6th Pusan International
Film Festival (Korea), Far East Film Festival (Italy)
25th Pra Surasawadee Award 2001 Best Actor (Somchai Khemglad as Kit
Silencer), Best Supporting Actor (Suthep Phongam as Pae Buffgun), New
Actress (Pailin Pichitumphol as Jan) & Best Action Director (Kawee
Sirikanerat)
Pae Buffgun, the old assassin gets the job after he came out from a
prison on the first day because of the big money and a chance to make a
come back. The job is to kill the police chief "The Iron Cop". He sets
up his team with his old pals but there are two things they never know.
First, Pae Buffgun has been mistakenly identified as "Pae Toughgun", a
real professional assassin. Also, the most dangerous young hit man
takes this job as well. A war between four old men and a young one is
expected. The history will record this big generation war that come
with laugh and tears. No one will ever forget
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NOTHING TO LOSE (In production)
Singapore/ Thailand/ Hong Kong, 2002, Action, Thai
A Game Plan with Death
Dir. by Danny Pang "Bangkok: Dangerous" "The Eye"
Starring Pierre PNG "Forever Fever" "Chicken Rice War" Arisara
WONG Chalee (Fresh)
Yvonne Lim
Footage Screening Sun 19 May 09:30 Palais V
KTB Award - 4th Pusan Promotion Plan (Korea)(2001)
Oak Lee is a compulsive gambler, owing a ton of money to the loan
sharks. One day, he decides to end his life and goes up an old
eight-storey Chinese building. On the rooftop, he is going to jump off
the building. Just before he does, he discovers, not far from him, a
girl (Gogo) standing on the edge of the roof ready to jump off. She is
clearly in a more confused state than he is and out of natural instincts
he leaps forward to save her.
They have both undermined each other's intentions of suicide and so they
just sit on the rooftop. Oak and Gogo agree that if they had the courage
to kill themselves, they should have the courage to do something bigger.
The moment they met each other, they gained back their "lives." From
then on, they will wreak havoc everywhere they go, as someone who is
fearless of death can do
Production Budget: US$ 900,000
Commencement of Principal Photography: March, 2002 Delivery Date:
August, 2002
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PUBLIC TOILET (Post-production)
Korea/HK, 2002, 105 min, Drama, English/Chinese/Korean
Dir. by Fruit Chan "Hollywood Hong Kong"
Starring Sam Lee "Made in Hong Kong" "Ping Pong" Jolene Kuk "The
Longest Summer"
Cho In-sung "Piano" Jang Hak "Volcano High" Abe
Tsuyoshi
Whatever our nationality, between the major events of being born and
dying, we have to eat and eliminate our waste.
Public Toilet explores how young people from diverse cultural
backgrounds wake up to the issues of sickness, pollution, love and
immortality. A young man from China, born and abandoned in a public
toilet, tries to find a miracle cure to save the woman who rescued him
and raised him. Two young Korean fishermen realize that pollution is
killing the ocean and those that they love. A tough hit-man in New
York sets up his final mark only to kill far more than he expects. And
two Indian boys, escorting their ailing father to the legendary waters
of the Ganges, meet Tony from Beijing who is searching for a miracle
cure for his young brother.
When faced with insoluble problems and the imminent threat of death,
there is a dawning of perception: that beneath the fears and hopes, the
tears and joy, and by reaching out to our fellow humans, we are
(spiritual beings) capable of great love and trust, and with that,
immortality.
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THE RULE OF THE GAME
Taiwan, 2002, 106 min, Drama, Chinese
Be prepared! Dig a hole before you know whom to bury.
Dir. by HO Ping
Starring CHANG Chih HSIA Ching-ting
Best Screenplay - 4eme Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville (2002)
Don Quixote Prize - International Federation of Film Societies,
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (2002)
Official Selection - 32nd International Forum of New Cinema,
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (2002)
"To kill is easy; to bury is difficult." -- The story is built around a
hole prepared to bury a dead body. Turtle decided to kill his business
partner Will after being tricked by him. With the help of Chewy,
everything is ready. Action will be taken tonight and Turtle is now in
a nearby restaurant. But he does not know Chewy has another plan. For
Will, he was unaware of this dangerous threat not just from Turtle, but
also from his honey A-Mei, who wants to kidnap him for his money.
Meanwhile, the restaurant owner Ox is in fact a professional hit man.
He has already drilled a tiny hole in a karaoke club, is sitting in the
next room and waiting for his target to show up. The hole is ready, who
will end up as the victim?
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A HIGH SKY SUMMER
China, 2002, 90 min, Drama, Chinese
Dir. by LI Jixian
Starring WEI Zhi-lin LIU Shi-kai CHENG Tai-sheng "Seafood"
Official Competition - Premiere First Movie Award of Internationale
Filmfestspiele Berlin 2002 (Germany)
Official Competition - Giffoni Film Festival 2002 (Italy), Chonju
International Film Festival
Official Selection - International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2002
Life in a faraway north-west village of 12 years old boy Wang Shouxian
was totally disrupted in this high-sky summer with the coming of a
shooting team. Shouxian's efforts in the audition impressed the team
very much. But the headmaster did not let him play in the film because
he could not recite his lessons. At the same time, he challenged a plot
which said the role he plays would rather stay in the village than going
back to the city. Thus, he simply would not say the right lines during
the shooting. So the shooting could not go on and the team moved to
other places. But Shouxian has not given up and went to find the
shooting team
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BANG RAJAN THE LEGEND OF THE VILLAGE WARRIORS
Thailand, 2001, 119 min, Action, Thai
"Pic's style is closer to Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" ... the film takes
on an elemental power and a heroic stature." - Derek Elley, Variety
A legend of the village warriors. A battle for friends, families,
freedom and their lives.
Dir. by Thanit Jitnukul "Kuhn Pan"
Starring Vinai Kraibutr Bin Banloerit Jaran Ngamdee
Chumpon Tappitak Attakorn Suwabbaraj
Best Filmmaker - 3emme Festival du Film Asiatique de Deauville (2001)
Winner of 11 awards in Surasawadee Thai Film Awards
Thai Box Office Hit - 400, 000, 000 baht taken nationwide.
Official selection - "Midnight Madness" of Toronto Int'l Film Festival,
Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival (Australia), Helsinki Int'l Film
Festival (Finland), Leeds Int'l Film Festival (UK), 6th Pusan Int'l Film
Festival (Korea), Vancouver Int'l Film Festival (Canada), Hawaii Int'l
Film Festival (US), St. Louis Int'l Film Festival (US), Asia Pacific
Film Festival (Indonesia), Asiaticafilmmediale (Italy) Durango Film
Festival 2002 (US), San Diego International Film Festival, New York
Asian Film Festival 2002, Barcelona Asian Film Festival (Spain) and
Charleston Pacific Film Festival (US)
In the year of the Rooster, Buddhist Era 2308 (AD 1765), the Burmese
army surrounded the Siamese capital Ayutthaya.
During the siege, the Burmese general Ne Miawsrihabodi, ordered his
soldiers to pillage the surrounding countryside -- to murder the Siamese
villagers and take the woman captive. Brutalized and outraged, the
villagers rallied together to oppose the Burmese themselves. A small
band of men thus began a skirmish at the sidelines of the siege of
Ayutthaya that captured the hearts and minds of the Siamese all time
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SEAFOOD
Hong Kong/ China, 2001, 90 min, Drama, Chinese
"The downbeat story about a prostitute trying to commit suicide is
fueled by morally ambivalent characters and a cruel despair."- Richard
James Havis, Hollywood Reporter.
Dir. by ZHU Wen (Scriptwriter of Zhang Mings "Clouds and Rain over
Wushan" Zhang Yuans"Seventeen Years")
Starring Jinzi CHENG Taisheng "High Sky Summer"
Special Jury Prize - "Cinema of the Present" of 58th Mostra
Internazionale D'arte Cinematografica; "Silver Screen Award" - 15th
Singapore International Film Festival
Best Directing Award and Best Actor (CHENG Taisheng) - 23rd Festival Des
3 Continents (France)
Official Competition - FIPRESCI & NETPAC Award of Brisbane International
Film Festival , FIPRESCI Award of 26th Hong Kong International Film
Festival (2002), "New Currents" of 6th Pusan International Film Festival
(Korea), 3rd International Film Festival Bratislava (Slovakia), Cinema
Novo Film Festival (Belgium) and FICBRASILIA (Brazil)
Shot on digital video and converted to 35mm, the film explores the irony
of how a good deed is carried out by way of a criminal practice, and how
death begets life.
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DREAM OF A WARRIOR
Korea / Hong Kong, 2001, 90 min, Sci-Fi/ Action, Korean
A romantic adventure transcending time and space.
Dir. by Juny Park
Starring Leon Lai "Comrades, Almost a Love Story" "Fallen Angel"
Lee Na-young Park Eun-hye
Official Competition - 13th Valenciennes International Action and
Adventure Film Festival (France)
Dr Chang has invented a special type of time machine: it transfers the
traveler's mind into the body of their former self. When his daughter
Nam-hong gets stuck in the past, the scientist enlists the help of
detective Sung-jin (Leon Lai) to rescue her. By chance, Nam-hong
resembles a princess in Sung-jin's dreams: in his previous life he was a
simple warrior who overcame the prejudice of society to win her love.
But their romance ended tragically when at a time of war, Nam-hong's
fiancee killed Sung-jin, leading her to take her own life. Can Sung-jin
change their destiny, rescue Nam-hong and defeat the armies of the enemy
so that they can find everlasting happiness?
NEW PROJECTS
ANGULIMALA (In Production)
Thailand, 2002, Legendary Action Adventure, Thai
Dir. by Sutape Tunnirut (Script Advisor of "Bangkok: Dangerous" "Bang
Rajan")
Starring Noppachai Chainam Stella Malucchi "Tears of the Black Tiger"
Angulimala is a cruel mass murderer in the time of the Buddha, who
misguidedly believed that killing a thousand humans is a meritorious
deed to worship the gods, but which led him to more and more Karma
actions.
Without even realizing that his last victim is his own mother,
Angulimala is going to kill her. Suddenly he was interrupted just a few
seconds before an arrow was shot. Angulimala came to realize that his
very chase to the Dharma path is completely misguided and he becomes
disillusioned with all his misguided actions in the past. He casts aside
his sword, then followed the right path and finally became an arahant,
"The Perfect One", after he realized the Buddha's words of wisdom - "I
have stopped, but it is you who have not".
Production Budget: US$ 2 million
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THE FLOATING LANDSCAPE (Script Development)
Hong Kong/ China/ Singapore, 2002, Drama, Chinese
Dir. by Carol Lai "Glass Tears" Produced by Stanley Kwan "Lan
Yu""Center Stage"
Tentative Cast Liu Ye "Lan Yu" "Postman in the Mountain"
A wedding make-up artist Mann is in love with a painting artist Sam.
Both of them know that their future cannot be a long-lasting
relationship as Sam is seriously ill. Just before Sam passes away, he
becomes obsessed with thinking about Tsing Dao where he was growing up.
After Sams death, Mann contemplates following Sam and ending her life.
Until one day, Mann finds an unfinished scenic drawing by Sam. Mann
believes that this is the scenery of Tsing Dao and wants to find out the
place where Sam was missing before his death
Production Budget: US$ 1.5 million
Commencement of Principal Photography: September, 2002 Delivery Date:
March, 2003
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RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN (In Development)
Hong Kong, 2002, Martial Art, Chinese
A new adaptation of Director King Hu's masterpiece "Raining in the
Mountain" (1979).
"Film directors come and go, but true masters of the craft are few and
far between. Up there with luminaries such as John Ford, Yasujiro Ozu
and Jean-Luc Godard is a less well-know figure KING HU." - Richard James
Havis.
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