»In this gripping crime saga set in modern china, Zhao Tao stars as a resolute woman devoted to her mobster lover Bin and loyal to the Jianhu underworld. But after she is arrested and sentenced to five years in prison, she returns to society only to find that Bin has moved on, leaving her to fight for her place in a world she no longer recognises.«
- Chigaco Film Festival
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A portrayal of present-day China flavoured with elements of gangster movie, Ash Is Purest White by Jia Zhang-ke stars Zhao Tao, the director’s indispensable muse and spouse.
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Lotta Geffenblad, Uzi Geffenblad
Saturday, 23. 03. 2019 / 10:00 / Main Hall
Colette Colette
Wash Westmoreland
Saturday, 23. 03. 2019 / 14:45 / Main Hall
Biographical drama about the vivacious writer whose life and literature at the dawn of the modern age smashed taboos, rebelled against the reign of patriarchy and buried the cliche of the submissive woman. Directed by Wash Westmoreland, co-director of Still Alice.
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Agnès Varda, JR
Saturday, 23. 03. 2019 / 16:00 / Small Hall
Agnès Varda joins teams up with artist street JR, who shares her love for regular people and their stories to create a warm and soulful road movie – a moving meditation on friendship, transience and the power of art. Winner for Best Documentary at Cannes, and nominated for an Academy Award.