Winner of a number of international awards, including two from Tokyo International Film Festival for Best Actress and Best Artistic Contribution and one for Best Film by Singapore Film Festival, “Buddha Mountain” is a crowning achievement for youth films, as much as a testament to how good an actress Fan Bingbing is.
Ding Bo, Nan Feng and Fei Zao aka Fatso are three friends whose broken homes have forced them to move away, and essentially form another kind of family, one based on friendship rather than blood ties. In that fashion, Ding Bo’s mother has died and his father is about to marry his mistress, Nan Feng’s father is a raging alcoholic and Fei Zao’s parents are nowhere to be found. As they roam the streets and the bars of Sichuan, searching for a meaning in their lives as outsiders, they end up lodging...
Ding Bo, Nan Feng and Fei Zao aka Fatso are three friends whose broken homes have forced them to move away, and essentially form another kind of family, one based on friendship rather than blood ties. In that fashion, Ding Bo’s mother has died and his father is about to marry his mistress, Nan Feng’s father is a raging alcoholic and Fei Zao’s parents are nowhere to be found. As they roam the streets and the bars of Sichuan, searching for a meaning in their lives as outsiders, they end up lodging...
- 9/2/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Robin Weng’s debut was produced by several independent companies in China and abroad, and features mostly non-professional actors. The film screened in a number of festivals around the world and won a Dragons and Tigers Award from the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival.
The script follows several characters in two different but interweaving stories that take place in the southeastern coastal province of Fujian, a notorious area considered the center of drug and human trafficking and illegal immigration in China. The first story, entitled “Neon Knights” follows the homonymous gang in Fuqing, and particularly America and Roppongi who front the gang, with the latter being the leader. The gang members spend most of their time dancing and singing in karaoke parlors and roaming the streets aimlessly. However, in order to make money, they videotape and blackmail rich women who have affairs. Their practice and particularly America are...
The script follows several characters in two different but interweaving stories that take place in the southeastern coastal province of Fujian, a notorious area considered the center of drug and human trafficking and illegal immigration in China. The first story, entitled “Neon Knights” follows the homonymous gang in Fuqing, and particularly America and Roppongi who front the gang, with the latter being the leader. The gang members spend most of their time dancing and singing in karaoke parlors and roaming the streets aimlessly. However, in order to make money, they videotape and blackmail rich women who have affairs. Their practice and particularly America are...
- 11/6/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Golden Horse Awards were held last night. They're often thought of as the Chinese Oscars because the tradition goes back the furthest and honors a wide pool of Chinese language films from multiple countries (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, etcetera). Though neither Monga, Taiwan's submission for Oscar's Foreign Language Film competition, nor Aftershock (China's submission), were nominated for Best Picture they both had multiple nominations .
Monga, a popular youth crime drama we've mentioned before, won Best Actor for 28 year old Ethan Ruan (left), who amusingly brought a cardboard cutout of his co-star who was not nominated. And yes he brought the cutout with him onstage when he won. He said...
Woo! Sorry, I brought my buddy along. [mimicing his co-star] 'Hi everyone. I'm Mark Chao'...to big laughs from the crowd.
Here's the Best Actor presentation. The clips begin at 2:25 after Li BingBing and Tony Leung Ka Fai (yes,...
Monga, a popular youth crime drama we've mentioned before, won Best Actor for 28 year old Ethan Ruan (left), who amusingly brought a cardboard cutout of his co-star who was not nominated. And yes he brought the cutout with him onstage when he won. He said...
Woo! Sorry, I brought my buddy along. [mimicing his co-star] 'Hi everyone. I'm Mark Chao'...to big laughs from the crowd.
Here's the Best Actor presentation. The clips begin at 2:25 after Li BingBing and Tony Leung Ka Fai (yes,...
- 11/21/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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