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| Chinese Cinema | ||
Presentation of these films is made possible by the generous support of the Confucius Institute of New Zealand. |
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Last Train Home | More... |
| Gui tu lie chie, Fan Lixin, Canada/China 2009, DV | ||
| “The mind-boggling notion of 130 million Chinese migrant workers making their way home from inhospitable industrial cities to impoverished villages once each year gets a human face in Lixin Fan’s extraordinary, vital documentary… Essential viewing.” – Entertainment Weekly | ||
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Two Great Sheep | More... |
| Hao da yei dui yang, Liu Hao, China 2004, DV. PG cert | ||
| This gentle satire of hierarchal life in rural China sees a dutiful peasant and his wife entrusted with the raising of two expensive foreign sheep, temperamental animals that refuse to breed even after they are moved into the couple’s bedroom. | ||
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Addicted to Love | More... |
| Liu Hao, China 2010, DV. PG cert | ||
| “A Chinese senior citizen rediscovers the power of the heart in this beautifully observed and played film. Shunning sentimentality in favor of the earthy, downbeat but delicate feel that defined Liu Hao’s previous pics, it takes a simple premise and explores it with subtlety, sensitivity and quiet humor.” – Variety | ||