Cornerhouse, former victim to Bloke’s Factions reign of occupation, has decided to put on a Hong Kong women’s film festival, and I have selected the movies I am going to watch. They are as follows:
Ming Ming, Directed by Susie Au – Synopsis:
Ming Ming steals money and a wooden box from gangster Brother Cat, hoping to use her ill gotten gains to flee with D, a boxer she has fallen for. Cat unleashes a series of henchmen to stop her and as she passes on the money to Tu. As he tries to escape he meets Nana who looks just like Ming Ming. In a pair of energetic performances top mainland actress Zhou Xun plays both Ming Ming and Nana alongside Hong Kong heart-throb Daniel Wu.
The Way We Are, Directed by Ann Hui – Synopsis:
This quietly understated film follows the life of mother and son - Mrs Cheung and Ka-0n – as they get on with their lives in Hong Kong’s ‘City of Sadness’, Tin Shui Wai. Shot on HD, Ann Hui delivers a film that whilst far from didactic, offers a glimpse of everyday life in all its quiet nobility.
Anna and Anna, Directed by Aubrey Lam – Synopsis:
Karena Lam plays Anna, a successful woman living in Singapore. She moves to Shanghai when offered a job and whilst there bumps into someone who looks very much like her… With a heavy influence from Kieslowski’s The Double Life of Véronique, Anna & Anna succeeds in finding its finds its own voice and explores what might happen if we meet another version of ourselves who has taken another route through life.
Secondary School, Directed by Tammy Cheung – Synopsis
Shot over three months, the film chronicles the daily lives of two well-respected "Band One" secondary schools, one for boys and one for girls. Using the "direct cinema" approach, the documentary takes a close look at the present condition of the troubled school system and the children, teachers and parents who are all part of it in some way.
Anyway, that was quite a lot of hard work in copy and pasting this information from www.cornerhouse.org/film
