A Window on Asian Cinema

• Soman Nair Priyadarsan
• India
• 2007
• 117min

The film follows a father’s simple dream of wanting to drape his daughter in a silk sari. In the late 1940’s, Kanchivaram is a town in Tamil Nadu known for its fine silk saris. Its...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Saman Salour
• Iran
• 2008
• 75min

A taciturn loner, Behrouz, and his fast-talking cousin decide to make some money installing bootleg satellite dishes in private homes. Though a potentially lucrative business, such...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Ishii Katsuhito
• Japan
• 2008
• 94min

This is a heart-warming traditional drama directed by director Katsuhito Ishii, renowned for his films rich in individuality including The Taste of Tea. This film, a remake of the ...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Eric KHOO
• Singapore
• 2007
• 82min

n the opening credits, a drunken man appears. He repeatedly shouts ‘another drink’, finally biting the glass when the bartender refuses to give him another drink. This man is Franc...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Guka Omarova
• Kazakhstan,Russia
• 2008
• 87min

This film is set in a little town in Kazakhstan. Addai, a shaman, is treated as a local authority; she helps find missing people, heal illnesses, and punish anyone who commits wron...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Yang Ya-Che
• Taiwan
• 2008
• 110min

The scale of the world of children is broader than that of adults, because children also have access to the imaginary world while grown-ups only adhere to reality. Nevertheless, ch...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• CHUNG Monghong
• Taiwan
• 2008
• 106min

Whether you like it or not, city life creates situations where one must share a space with another. Although they may not mean any harm, the insensitivity when one does not take ot...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Nurman HAKIM
• Indonesia
• 2008
• 114min

Seventeen-year-old boys Huda, Rian and Syahid are students of a pesantren (Islamic religious school). With their graduation a month ahead, they grow up and solve their lifetime pro...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Mehreen Jabbar
• Pakistan,United States
• 2008
• 105min

The film is based on a true story of a father and son’s accidental crossing of the Pakistan-Indian border at a time of war and the wife/mother who waits for their return. The power...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• HE Jianjun
• China
• 2008
• 87min

The film River People is a combination of documentary and fiction, telling a story of a family living on the Huanghe River in Shanxi province in China. Laba and Baowa are cousins a...