For its on-going showcase of Asian films, the UP Film Institute has lined up screenings as follows. Please take note of the selection and feel free to disseminate to your circle of friends and colleagues.
Jan 15 Mon 5 p.m./Jan 17 Wed 7 p.m.
The Tiger Blade (Seua khaap daap)
A Megavision Films Release
A young maverick cop with mystical powers and a seductive partner is put on a highly volatile case involving a deadly gang whose leader is a fearsome thug skilled in sorcery and magic.
Official Selection-2006 Lyon Asieexpo FF
Direction: Theeratorn Siriphunvaraporn. Cast: AtsadawutLuengsuntorn, Phimonrat Phisarayabud, Amornrit Sriphung.
2005 110 minutes 35mm color Thai with English subtitles
Jan 15 Mon 7 p.m./Jan 18 Thu 7 p.m.
Breaking News (Daai si gin)
A Solar Entertainment Release
The police in Hong Kong arrange to broadcast the pursuit and capture of crooks to recover from the embarrassment brought about by a highly televised bust of a bank heist resulting in disaster with criminals getting away and a lot of cops killed.
Winner of Best Director-2004 Sitges Catalonian IFF; Best Director, Best Editing-2004 Golden Horse Film Festival; Official Selection-2004 Festival de Cannes/Toronto IFF/Flanders IFF; Official Selection-2005 Mar del Plata
IFF/Deauville Asian FF/Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema; Film of Merit-2005 Annual Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society; Nominations
for top awards including Best Picture-2005 Hong Kong Film Awards
Direction: Johnny To. Screenplay: Chan Hing-Ka, Yip Tin-Shing. Cast: Richie Ren, Kelly Chen, Nick Cheung, Cheung Siu-Fai.
2004 88 minutes 35mm color Cantonese, Mandarin with English subtitles
Jan 16 Tue 7 p.m.
SPL-Kill the Bent Wolf (Saat po long)
A Solar Entertainment Release
A powerful crime lord who constantly eludes the law, a senior detective at the end of his career and a deadly martial arts expert about to take the reins of a serious crime unit are to clash over the course of one special day in a bloody confrontation between the criminal underworld and the police.
Official Selection-2005 Toronto IFF/2006 Deauville Asian FF/Moscow IFF/Munchen Fantasy FF; Film of Merit-2006 Annual Awards, Hong Kong Film Critics Society; Best Action Choreography-2006 Hong Kong Film Awards
Direction: Wilson Yip. Screenplay: Ng Wai Lun, Szeto Kam-Yuen. Cast: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Simon Yan, Jing Wu, Liu Kai Chi.
2005 97 minutes 35mm color Cantonese, Mandarin with English subtitles
For mature viewing
Jan 17 Wed 2 p.m.
Ab-Normal Beauty (Sei mong se jun)
A Solar Entertainment Release
As a young photographer is fascinated with images of the dying, a serial killer thinks he has found a kindred spirit.
Official Selection-2005 Gerardmer Fantasticarts FF, France/Rotterdam IFF/Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films/Titanic International Filmpresence Festival, Hungary/Munchen Fantasy FF, Germany/Lund Fantastisk FF, Sweden/Cinemanila IFF
Direction and Screenplay: Oxide Pang. Cast: Race Wong, Anson Leung, Rosanne Wong, Michelle Mee.
2002 101 minutes 35mm color Cantonese with English subtitles
For mature viewing with strong violent content and some nudity
Jan 17 Wed 5 p.m.
House of Fury (Jing mo gaa ting)
A Viva International Pictures Release
As the past he thought he has left behind catches up to him, a former secret agent with his two kids he trained in martial arts must stop a rogue and his goons.
Official Selection-2005 Lund Fantastisk FF, Sweden; Nomination for Best New Director-2006 Hong Kong Film Awards
Direction: Stephen Fung. Screenplay: Lo Yiu Fai, Stephen Fung. Cast: Anthony Wong, Stephen Fung, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Michael Wong, Daniel Wu, Josie Ho.
2005 102 minutes 35mm color Cantonese with English subtitles
Jan 18 Thu 5 p.m.
A Chinese Tall Story
A Viva International Pictures Release
As a famed monk on a quest to recover sacred Buddhist sutras is captured by his enemies, he is placed under the vigilance of an ugly demon who by a twist of fate falls for him.
Nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Costume and Make-Up, Best Original Score-2006 Hong Kong Film Awards Direction and Screenplay: Jeffrey Lau. Cast: Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Chen Bo-Lin, Kenny Kwan, Steven Chung, Tan Hing-Bing, Isabella Leong.
2005 107 minutes 35mm color
Jan 20 Sat 2/7 p.m.
A Better Tomorrow 3 (Hard Bullet)
A Golden Films Release
Two cousins from Hong Kong fall in love with the same female gangster in Saigon near the end of the Vietnam War.
Official Selection-1989 Turin Film Festival
Direction: Tsui Hark. Screenplay: Leung Yiu Ming, Tai Foo Ho, Tsui Hark.
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Anita Mui.
2000 RP Release 105 minutes 35mm color
Jan 22 Mon 5 p.m./Jan 27 Sat 2p.m./Jan 30 Tue 5 p.m.
Murder
A Megavision Films Release
The happy marriage of an Indian couple settled in Bangkok is disrupted when the wife's chance meeting with an old flame leads to a renewed and passionate affair.
Nominations for Best Film, Best Actress for Mallika Sherawat-2005 Zee Cine Awards among more awards and distinctions
Direction: Anurag Basu. Screenplay: Mahesh Bhatt. Cast:Ashmit Patel, Mallika Sherawat, Emraan Hashmi.
2004 130 minutes 35mm color Hindi with English subtitles
For mature viewing
Jan 22 Mon 7 p.m. /Jan 30 Tue 7 p.m.
Kama Sutra 3 (Love Potion)
A Megavision Films Release
Seduced by paradise. Deceived by desire.
A TV soap star paralyzed in a car crash and her husband with his own writing career problems fly from London to the exotic backwaters of Kerala in Southern India as they seek for her an alternative method of healing and hope for both of them a way out of their troubled marriage.
Direction: Jag Mundhra. Screenplay: Carl Austin, Sameer Ketkar. Cast: Tamzin
Outhwaite, Nicholas Irons, Jason Flemyng, Sandra Teles.
2006 86 minutes 35mm color
For mature viewing
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