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Vengeance

Special Programs in Focus

Family · Crime/Violence · Ditective

CountryFrance,Hong Kong,China
Production Year2009
Running Time108min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

Costello (French star rocker and occasional actor Johnny Hallyday) goes to Macau to avenge his daughter and her family. Officially, he’s a French chef. Twenty years ago, he was a killer. Being a stranger in town, he joins forces with a band of local gunmen to hunt down her attackers. His memory, however, fades away while his path becomes bloodier. Here, Johnnie To gives a salute to his inspiration, the French-noir master Jean-Pierre Melville and his friends without losing To’s own breathtaking style. An Official Selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Director

Johnnie TO

With a film career spanning over 25 years, Johnnie To is one of Hong Kong’s leading directors. Having achieved success with commercial films in the 80’s, To turned to more personal works in the mid-90s following the creation of his production company Milkyway Image. Election(2005) premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival and won To his third Best Director Award at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2007, To′s Triangle was an Official Selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, and Mad Detective was in Competition at Venice. His other films include All About Ah-long(1989), The Mission(1999), Throw Down(2004), Exiled(2006), and Vengeance(2009).

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