Special Programs in Focus

• Dang Nhat Mihn
• Vietnam
• 1999
• 95min

Like most countries that lived through the tragedy of war, Vietnam too has made numerous films dealing with the pains of war. Among the list, Dang Nhat Minh′s When the Tenth Month ...

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• Abbas KIAROSTAMI
• Iran
• 1999
• 85min

Abbas Kiarostami made Where is the Friend＇s Home？about 12 years ago and film title＇s referred to a poem by the lranian contemporary poet, the late Sepehri, a perfect translation of...

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• RIJU Go
• Japan
• 1999
• 57min

One day, while wondering what kind of film he should be making, Go Riju befriends the driver of a newspaper-delivery truck. The man is rather recalcitrant, a bit of a loner, but Ri...

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• WANG Xiaoshuai
• China
• 1999
• 80min

Dong (′Winter′) and Chun (′Spring′) are a couple on the verge of splitting up. Their life together has settled into a routine of passionless moments. Both are nominally teachers in...

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• Obitani Yuri
• Japan
• 1999
• 60min

Operatic tenor and conceptual musician Yuri Obitani made one of the most spectacular debuts ever in Japanese independent film with The Hair Opera. It opens with Obitani himself cas...

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• Nagasaki Shunichi
• Japan
• 1999
• 75min

Ringo and Inako, a young couple apparently on the run, beg a room for the night from an old college friend of Ringo′s. During the night they make love twice (Inako seems inured to ...

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• Huang MingChuan
• Taiwan
• 1999
• 90min

Huang Mingchuan′s first film -- the first truly independent feature ever made in Taiwan -- tells two stories at once. One of them, told principally in voice-over, is very ancient: ...

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• Manop Udomdej
• Thailand
• 1999
• 96min

A peasant farmer leaves his village in Isan (in the arid North-East of Thailand) when his infant son dies for lack of medical treatment; he finds a factory job in Bangkok and is dr...

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• Lester James Peries
• SriLanka
• 1999
• 120min

Overcome with guilt, Willie Abeynaike sits writing his last confession, contemplating suicide. He begins to reflect on his past life, revealing the dark and evil forces in him that...

Wide Angle

• Lee Mi-Young,Ahn Se-Jung,Yu Hong-Gu
• Korea
• 1999
• 50min

Sabuk region is located deep in the Taebaek Mountains. Once a promising town with a flourishing coal-mining industry, it is slowly transforming into ruins, due to government′s poli...