2014 FILM PROGRAM
GALA
THE GOLDEN ERA
THE GREAT HYPNOTIST
HAEMOO
HAWAII PREMIERE
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
HAWAII PREMIERE
SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA
SPOTLIGHT ON CHINA
SPOTLIGHT ON KOREA
CHINA 2014 | MANDARIN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 178M Director: Ann Hui
CHINA 2014 | MANDARIN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 100M Director: Leste Chen
SOUTH KOREA 2014 | KOREAN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 100M Director: Sung-Bo Shim
2-NOV 7:00PM DOL • 4-NOV 2:00PM DOL
7-NOV 6:30PM DOL • 8-NOV 1:30PM DOL
31-OCT 8:15PM DOL • 3-NOV 8:30PM DOL
THE GOLDEN ERA tells the epic tale of Xiao Hong, one of China’s most famous female writers and an iconic historical figure. Hong lived through some of the most turbulent times in Chinese history, surviving poverty, the Japanese invasion and the post-war period. Her tale of love, loss and poetry is beautifully brought to life by actress Tan Wei in this lush drama helmed by director Ann Hui. THE GOLDEN ERA closed this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Xu Ruining is a nationally renowned therapist incredibly skilled in hypnotherapy. But when his career takes off, he meets a patient named Ren Xiaoyan who brings him a complex problem. Despite her thin and weak appearance, Ren Xiaoyan reacts violently when dealing with her problems in therapy. He wonders what exactly makes her closed-off to everyone. While sparing no efforts to figure out what has happened, he finds himself falling into a horrible trap.
Based on true events, HAEMOO tells a gripping tale of a large 69-ton fishing boat crew’s attempt to smuggle illegal migrants in order to keep their jobs. Their plan goes terribly wrong when they meet a tragic accident while transporting the migrants amid a heavy sea fog. First time Director Shim Sung-Bo masterfully portrays individualistic greed in human nature, marking an impressive feature debut with the support of Bong Joon-Ho, who produced and co-wrote the film.
HAIDER
A HARD DAY
HILL OF FREEDOM
HAWAII PREMIERE
UNITED STATES PREMIERE
HAWAII PREMIERE
SPOTLIGHT ON INDIA
SPOTLIGHT ON KOREA
SPOTLIGHT ON KOREA
INDIA 2014 | HINDI W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 124M Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
SOUTH KOREA 2013 | KOREAN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 111M Director: Sung-Hoon Kim
SOUTH KOREA 2014 | KOREAN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 66M Director: Sang-soo Hong
31-OCT 8:30PM DOL • 6-NOV 8:30PM DOL
3-NOV 6:00PM DOL • 7-NOV 8:30PM KKM 8-NOV 7:00PM DOL
4-NOV 6:30PM DOL • 8-NOV 9:45PM DOL
A Bollywood adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’, Haider is a young man who returns home to Kashmir on receiving news of his father’s disappearance. Not only does he learn that security forces have detained his father for harboring militants, but that his mother is in a relationship with his very own uncle. Intense drama follows as Haider learns of his father’s death and upon discovering the culprit, seeks to avenge the murder.
Inventive, hilarious cop thriller A HARD DAY is a total blast. Corrupt cop Gun-su accidentally crashes his car into a man while on the phone. Instead of calling the police, he stashes the body in the trunk. Meanwhile Internal Affairs have discovered the stash of cash that Gun-su and his corrupt team have amassed. Devising ever more elaborate stratagems to get out of the various pickles he’s in, Gun-su is in for the hardest day of his life.
South Korean master Hong Sang-soo crafts yet another delightful, soju-saturated tale of love thwarted, in this story of a heartsick Japanese man (Ryo Kase stepping in as Hong’s avatar) who travels to Seoul to attempt a reunion with the woman he still pines for. Like all of Hong’s films, these slice-of-life love tales of erudite and selfish men are fueled with circular logic, lots of alcohol and desperate gestures of lust and love.
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