On its face this 1984 comedy ought to be one of his most irreverent: Yolanda, a junkie and nightclub singer, runs to a convent to escape a murder rap, where the freewheeling nuns -- who favor such things as LSD and soft-core porn--try to save her soul. Wickedly funny, irreverent, this is an outrageous portrait of aimlessness, spiritual desolation, and moral bankruptcy.
西班牙 Spain / 1984 / 114min /
西班牙語對白，中英文字幕 In Spanish with Chinese & English subtitles
導演Dir : 艾慕杜華 Pedro Almodovar
演員Cast : 姬絲汀娜珊治柏絲古奥 Cristina Sanchez Pascual、韋爾摩亞 Will More、羅拉莎比達 Laura Cepeda
The film-making style of Aki Kaurismaki - gentle, charming, quirky and utterly unique - could hardly be seen to better effect than in this deadpan comedy. A welder turns up in Helsinki looking for work, dies in hospital after getting savagely beaten by muggers but is then reborn as a man with no memory and joins a community of homeless folk living in genteel contentment in empty container units. From here, the nameless man embarks on a diffident courtship of the Salvation Army lady, Irma, who won an acting award at Cannes for this performance.
芬蘭 Finland / 2002 / 97 mins /
芬蘭語對白，中英文字幕 In Finnish with Chinese and English subtitles
導演 Dir : 雅基郭利斯馬基 Aki Kaurismäki
演員 Cast : Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen
Kitano steps in front of the camera under the direction of someone else and gives a career affirming performance as one of the most unlikable characters ever seen on screen. Based on a semi-autobiographic novel by Korean-Japanese author Sok-gil Yang, Kitano plays Korean immigrant Kim who is a thoroughly malevolent brute who secures his position as community leader by violence and intimidation. Weaved throughout the show is the look into the discrimination and difficulties faced by Korean immigrants in Japan.
日本 Japan / 2004 / 140 min /
日語及韓語對白，中英文字幕 In Japanese and Korean with English and Chinese subtitles
導演 Dir : 崔洋一 Yoichi Sai
演員 Cast : 北野武 Takeshi Kitano、鈴木京香 Kyoka Suzuki、小田切讓 Joe Odagiri
Boat People, the documentary-style story of a family’s escape from Vietnam, is the film that gained Ann Hui international recognition. However Hui was accused of being both anti- and pro-Communist when it came out. Befitting a film from Hong Kong, it’s trapped between two competing versions of China, like the boat people themselves, and it sets up a recurrent theme in Hui’s films, the commitment to getting to Hong Kong and the desire to stay there no matter what. A seminal piece finally unearthed. Don’t miss the chance!
香港 Hong Kong / 1982 / 111 mins /
廣東話對白，中英文字幕 In Cantonese with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演Dir : 許鞍華 Ann Hui
演員 Cast : 林子祥 George Lam、劉德華 Andy Lau、馬斯晨 Season Ma
