Gorgeous 1999  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Vincent Kok
Cast: Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Hsien-Chi Jen, Elaine Jin, Emil Chow, Ken Lo, Sun Young Chen
Ah Bu (Shu Qi) finds a message in a bottle. The message reads: "Do you know I'm waiting for you," signed, "Albert." That's all it takes for her to leave Taiwan and head for Hong Kong looking for Albert. But when she finds Albert, she learns he is gay and not interested in Ah Bu. Albert does introduce her to multi-millionaire C.N. Chan (Jackie Chan). Action follows, and romance blooms.
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The Soong Sisters 1997 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Mabel Cheung
Cast: Maggie Cheung, Vivian Wu, Wu Hsing-kuo, Winston Chao, Michelle Yeoh, Elaine Jin, Jiang Wen, Niu Zhenhua
The three daughters of China's powerful, political Soong family are the subjects of this film, which was banned in China when it was released. Educated in the U.S., the three sisters returned to China where they married very powerful men: Ai-ling (Michelle Yeoh) married one of the most wealthy men in her country, H.H. Kung (Niu Zhenhua); Ching-ling (Maggie Cheung) married the revolutionary founder of modern China, Sun Yat-sen (Winston Chao); and May-ling (Vivian Wu) married China's leader during World War II, Chiang Kai-shek (Wu Hsing-kuo).
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Yi Yi 2000  N/R, 173 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Edward Yang
Cast: Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Chen Hsi-sheng, Su-yun Ko, Michael Tao, Shu-shen Xiao, Adrian Lin
Three generations of a contemporary Taipei family search for answers to life's everyday crises. This film won the Golden Palm for directing at the Cannes Film Festival 2000.
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| 1. Gorgeous (1999)
2. The Soong Sisters (1997)
3. Yi Yi (2000)
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