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Midnight Marathon(HKAFF 2016)
Opening on 19-09-2016
449 minutes
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Movie Name: Lowlife LoveLanguage: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Category:
Duration: 110 Min
Director: Uchida Eiji
Artist: Shibukawa Kiyohiko, Okano Maya, Oshinari Shugo, Denden, Uchida Chika
Story: Director Uchida Eiji (Greatful Dead, 10th HKAFF 2013) exposes the bottom feeders of the independent film world in this hysterically nasty dark comedy. Practically everyone in this film is a lowlife who takes advantage of each other for their own benefit, but no one here is more despicable than Tetsuo, a has-been, sex-starved “director” who uses his subpar acting workshop to bed aspiring actresses. But when he spots real talent in Minami and screenwriter Ken, Tetsuo thinks that he can ride his way into a comeback. Bright-eyed film school students may want to avert their eyes from this brutal, but wickedly funny reality check.
Movie Name: Psycho Raman
Language: Hindi
Subtitle: English
Category:
Duration: 128 Min
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Artist: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala
Story: In the mid-1960s, a serial killer known as Raman Raghav terrorized the streets of Mumbai, killing 41 people. The notorious murderer is the inspiration for this deftly entertaining thriller from Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap. In what will be remembered as one of his most chilling performances, acclaimed Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui stars as Raman, a psychopathic murderer in contemporary Mumbai whose monstrous nature can only be outdone by Raghav, a vile coked-up detective who is hell bent on capturing Raman. Unrelentingly dark and intensely unsettling, Psycho Raman is a jolting wake-up call for anyone who assumes that Indian cinema is only about song and dance.
Movie Name: White Lies, Black Lies
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: Chinese, English
Category:
Duration: 94 Min
Director: Lou Yi-An
Artist: Wang Bo-Chieh, Tiffany Hsu, Annie Chen
Story: The wife of Rainbow Salon owner Su is found with her throat slit, and suspicion points to Su who goes on the run with his first love Hsiao-chen. Their former classmate Mei-yu, a journalist, offers to tell their side of the story in an exclusive, but it soon transpires that this mystery may be related to another case in their past. Inspired by a sensational real-life 1960s murder case, Lou Yi-an (A Place of One’s Own) crafts a complex psychological suspense built on white lies and dark truths that gradually uncovers human nature from different angles, keeping the audience guessing to the very end.
Movie Name: Headshot
Language: Indonesian
Subtitle: English
Category:
Duration: 117 Min
Director: Mo Brothers
Artist: Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Sunny Pang, Julie Estelle
Story: The Mo Brothers, the directing duo behind the ultra-violent thrillers Killers and Macabre, are at it again, and this time they’ve teamed up with The Raid martial arts star Iko Uwais and his action team to form the most lethal combo Indonesian cinema has to offer. Left for dead with a head injury, a man wakes up in a hospital with no memories. Student doctor Ailin gives him the name of Ishmael and helps him recover. When Ailin gets taken by criminals led by Druglord Lee, Ishmael slugs his way through the underworld to rescue her. As his memories gradually return with each bloody confrontation, so too does the truth about his dark past and his connection to Lee.
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Uchida Eiji, Anurag Kashyap, Lou Yi-An, Mo Brother Cast |
* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens
Midnight Marathon(HKAFF 2016)
Opening on 19-09-2016
449 minutes
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Synopsis
Movie Name: Lowlife LoveLanguage: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Category:
Duration: 110 Min
Director: Uchida Eiji
Artist: Shibukawa Kiyohiko, Okano Maya, Oshinari Shugo, Denden, Uchida Chika
Story: Director Uchida Eiji (Greatful Dead, 10th HKAFF 2013) exposes the bottom feeders of the independent film world in this hysterically nasty dark comedy. Practically everyone in this film is a lowlife who takes advantage of each other for their own benefit, but no one here is more despicable than Tetsuo, a has-been, sex-starved “director” who uses his subpar acting workshop to bed aspiring actresses. But when he spots real talent in Minami and screenwriter Ken, Tetsuo thinks that he can ride his way into a comeback. Bright-eyed film school students may want to avert their eyes from this brutal, but wickedly funny reality check.
Movie Name: Psycho Raman
Language: Hindi
Subtitle: English
Category:
Duration: 128 Min
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Artist: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala
Story: In the mid-1960s, a serial killer known as Raman Raghav terrorized the streets of Mumbai, killing 41 people. The notorious murderer is the inspiration for this deftly entertaining thriller from Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap. In what will be remembered as one of his most chilling performances, acclaimed Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui stars as Raman, a psychopathic murderer in contemporary Mumbai whose monstrous nature can only be outdone by Raghav, a vile coked-up detective who is hell bent on capturing Raman. Unrelentingly dark and intensely unsettling, Psycho Raman is a jolting wake-up call for anyone who assumes that Indian cinema is only about song and dance.
Movie Name: White Lies, Black Lies
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: Chinese, English
Category:
Duration: 94 Min
Director: Lou Yi-An
Artist: Wang Bo-Chieh, Tiffany Hsu, Annie Chen
Story: The wife of Rainbow Salon owner Su is found with her throat slit, and suspicion points to Su who goes on the run with his first love Hsiao-chen. Their former classmate Mei-yu, a journalist, offers to tell their side of the story in an exclusive, but it soon transpires that this mystery may be related to another case in their past. Inspired by a sensational real-life 1960s murder case, Lou Yi-an (A Place of One’s Own) crafts a complex psychological suspense built on white lies and dark truths that gradually uncovers human nature from different angles, keeping the audience guessing to the very end.
Movie Name: Headshot
Language: Indonesian
Subtitle: English
Category:
Duration: 117 Min
Director: Mo Brothers
Artist: Iko Uwais, Chelsea Islan, Sunny Pang, Julie Estelle
Story: The Mo Brothers, the directing duo behind the ultra-violent thrillers Killers and Macabre, are at it again, and this time they’ve teamed up with The Raid martial arts star Iko Uwais and his action team to form the most lethal combo Indonesian cinema has to offer. Left for dead with a head injury, a man wakes up in a hospital with no memories. Student doctor Ailin gives him the name of Ishmael and helps him recover. When Ailin gets taken by criminals led by Druglord Lee, Ishmael slugs his way through the underworld to rescue her. As his memories gradually return with each bloody confrontation, so too does the truth about his dark past and his connection to Lee.
Director
Uchida Eiji, Anurag Kashyap, Lou Yi-An, Mo Brother Cast
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* = Special first show concession tickets available for senior citizens