Restless 2000  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jule Gilfillan
Cast: Catherine Kellner, David Wu, Sarita Choudhury, Geng Le, Josh Lucas, Chen Shiang-chyi, Matthew Faber, Rachel DeWoskin, Daming Chen, Biao Fu, Hu Xin, Stew Markel
This US/China co-production depicts the culture shock of the West meeting the East. In this case, it is two friends–Leah Quinn (Catherine Kellner) and Richard Kao (David Wu)–who have known each other since high school and, now, meet again in Beijing. Both become involved in romantic relationships that change their views of the world.
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The River 1997  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tien, Lu Hsiao-ling, Chen Chao-jung, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Shiao-lin, Ann Hui, Yang Kuei-Mei
A young man (Lee Kang-sheng) lives with his parents and also has a terrible pain in his neck from floating in the contaminated river for a movie shot. His father (Miao Tien) spends his time trying to divert rain from a leaky roof away from his bed, eating at McDonalds, and having homosexual encounters at the local bath. His mother, when not working, has an affair with a porno salesman. But it's not the story that makes the film successful, it is the mood that is created of miserable, hopeless lives; few words are spoken. This is the third in a series of four films by Tsai Ming-liang that has Lee Kang-sheng in the leading role as the same character of a lonely man trying to connect to reality in Taipei.
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What Time Is It There? 2001 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-ching, Miao Tien, Chen Chao-jung, Cecilia Yip, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Tsai Guei
Protagonist Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) is back for the fifth time in this art film from Taiwan. Patience is the theme of the story, which continues on after the death of Hsiao-kang's father. When Hsiao-kang sells a watch (that may have a connection to his father) to a woman who is leaving for Paris, the sale sets off Hsiao-kang's obsession to reset every clock to Parisian time–somehow connecting them to the watch that is now in Paris.
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| 1. Restless (2000)
2. The River (1997)
3. What Time Is It There? (2001)
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