M+ Screenings 2

Movie Name: She Said Why Me (1989)
Director: May Fung　Duration: 8 Mins.
Story: A woman travels, blindfolded, from an ancient countryside temple to a bustling city. Her surroundings change, but her sense of unease lingers. The director uses a distinctively female perspective to combine the past and present, expressing a sense of anxiety that permeated Hong Kong during that particular moment in time.

Movie Name: Sylvia Kristel – Paris (2003)
Director: Manon de Boer　Duration: 39 Mins.　Language: French(English Subtitle)
Story: Sylvia Kristel, who starred in the title role of the classic French erotic film Emmanuelle, shares stories from her life in Paris during interviews conducted in 2001 and 2002. Her narration, in the style of a personal essay, records the passage of time as she grows from a naive girl to a mature woman. Meanwhile, the camera lingers on everyday scenes of Paris.

Movie Name: 24 City (2008)
Director: Jia Zhangke　Duration: 112 Mins.　Language: Mandarin(Chinese, English Subtitle)
Story: This film uses nine interviews, some real and some fictional, to explore processes of historic change. Factory 420 is being demolished and replaced by a large-scale apartment complex. Three generations of workers, who have experienced personal transformations and tumultuous upheavals in Chinese society, reflect on the scars and memories that define their relationship with the city they live in.