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Singapore, 2007, 105 min.
Vivid hues and exuberant singing and dancing are the central aesthetic in this warm and earthy musical fantasy from Singapore that explores the relationship between two sisters in a popular getai band.... more
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A Battle of Wits
Hong Kong, 2006, 131 min.
Set during China's Warring States period, this earthy historical epic pits the intimidating army of the Zhao Nation against the humble state of Liang. With the help of an unconventional military strategist, Liang will prove that might is no match for wits—at least until pride gets in the way.... more
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Breath
South Korea, 2007, 84 min.
A woman’s growing obsession with a condemned criminal takes root and blossoms with the changing seasons in this evocative and highly original tale from Korean director Kim Ki-Duk, best known for his Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring.... more
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Dasepo Naughty Girls
South Korea, 2006, 103 min.
While attending No Use High School, Poor Girl has fallen head-over-heels for rich kid Anthony, who in turn has an obsession with the class virgin's sister. If their paths are to cross, they'll have to negotiate a demon principal, a transgendered hottie and numerous karaoke sing-a-longs.... more
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Denias, Singing on the Cloud
Indonesia, 2006, 110 min.
John De Rantau’s heartfelt drama features stunning vistas from a place rarely captured on film—West Papua, Indonesia—while telling the story of a young lad named Denias, whose burning desire is to go to school even thought it is many days’ travel away.... more
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Exiled
Hong Kong, 113 min.
Johnnie To’s latest ‘bullet opera is a tribute to the great Sergio Leone. Five gangsters, on the final lap of their career, find themselves with conflicting missions. Knowing each other so well over the years, who will get to outsmart whom when the final shot is fired... more
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Getting Home
Hong Kong, 2007, 101 min.
When Liu dies unexpectedly, Zhao travels thousands of miles across China to bring the body home. With no money and a corpse on his back, Zhao’s Chaplinesque tragicomic odyssey has him experience all kinds of situations from clever to pathetic to hilarious.... more
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I Just Didn't Do It
Japan, 2007, 143 min.
A devastating account of the hypocrisies of Japan’s legal system. En route to a job interview, a young man is accused of groping a girl on a train; protesting his innocence marks the start of a season in legal hell.... more
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King of Fire
Thailand, 2006, 165 min.
With rip-roaring action, lavish costumes and exotic battles, King of Fire is the second in a trilogy about the life of the revered King Naresuan. A follow up to The Legend of Suriyothai (2003) directed by Prince Yukol, it is a blockbuster at home and the strongest Thai film submitted t... more
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No Regret
South Korea, 2006, 114 min.
One of the few openly gay directors in South Korea, Hee-il Leesong’s polished drama-cum-romance combines gay themes with political commentary, social insights, and a welcome dose of humor. Will Su-Min find true love in the gay bars of Seoul?... more
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Ploy
Thailand, 2007, 95 min.
In the early hours of a Bangkok morning, Wit’s casual encounter with a nubile 19-year old girl inflames the paranoid imagination of his wife, and jealousy threatens to further erode the fabric of a worn-out relationship in this perceptive and witty drama of marital disintegration.... more
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Protégé
Hong Kong, 2007, 108 min.
A deep-cover cop is close to breaking a major heroin ring when he both falls for an addict and has his loyalty tested by the gang leader who wants him to take over… A fine Hong Kong actioner from Derek Yee.... more
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The Rebel
Vietnam, 2007, 103 min.
The 1920s love story between a French educated Vietnamese working as an undercover agent and the beautiful patriotic daughter of a revolutionary leader is the subject matter of the first film focusing on Vietnamese martial arts with lead actor Johnny Nguyen, the double behind the Spiderman mask.... more
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Secret Sunshine
South Korea, 2007, 142 min.
Jeon Do-yeon was the deserved Best Actress winner at Cannes for her wrenching account of a woman coping with tragedy in her life as she tries to reinvent it. A vortex of hatred and forgiveness, faith and nihilism, composure and hysteria orchestrated by the great Lee Chang-dong.... more
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The White Silk Dress
Vietnam, 2006, 142 min.
This gorgeous epic, an audience favorite everywhere it screens, revolves around one remarkable woman’s determination to keep her family together as they are trapped in an unrelenting cycle of war and poverty.... more
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