Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien reunites with his Millennium Mambo and Three Times star Shu Qi for the sublime The Assassin. This historical wuxia finds Shu’s enigmatic woman knight returning from exile and torn between love and duty. An elliptical, enchanting experience.
Con interviste a Hirokazu Kore’eda, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Bing, Kiyoshi Kurosawa e Jia Zhangke, il documentario offre una prospettiva accurata del nuovo cinema taiwanese. Una fonte essenziale di uno dei capitoli più significativi del cinema del XX secolo.
For the second feature to be shot outside of his native Taiwan, Hou Hsiao-hsien ventured to Paris for this lyrical masterpiece. Starring Juliette Binoche, and captured in swooning tracking shots by cinematographer Lee Ping Bing, The Flight of the Red Balloon is a work of warm and delicate wonder.
