Acclaimed Canadian-Chinese director Johnny Ma attentively and affectionately portrays the world of a Sichuan Opera troupe faced with the demolition of their building and the decline of their livelihood. China, like many societies, is undergoing a sea change. The drama combines gritty social realism with surrealism as it asks whether there is a place for […]
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Acclaimed director Derek Tsang strikes a raw and delicate chord in a modern romance that draws on “Romeo and Juliet” with hints of “Bonnie and Clyde”, simmered together in the hothouse atmosphere of a Chinese high school. Tsang’s brutal portrayal of the psychological and physical violence of contemporary youth culture is cast with unbearable realism […]
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