Li Hung is a desperate mother who tried for years to obtain an American visa to study to create a better life for her husband Nansan and her son. But after a short time, she loses contact with her family, and her husband, Nansan smuggles himself to New York to find her.
Tag: woman director
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Crocodiles in Amsterdam
An unlikely friendship blossoms between Elsa, a preppy, idle, spoiled blond who calls herself Gino, and Nina, a wannabe anarchist who plots with three others to blow up an arms factory. Nina is often sour and tempestuous, but with Gino she’s spontaneous and funny. Yet the friendship often founders, as the feckless Gino spoils Nina’s frequent and demanding plans. They decide to rob Gino’s rich uncle to pay for bombs and creature comforts, they sneak into a stranger’s house, they steal a painting belonging to one of Gino’s boyfriends, bombs fail to explode, and Gino costs Nina the trust of her anarchist pals. Then comes the crocodile test, the ultimate for any friendship.
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Squandered Sunday
A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as well as the mind of the protagonist. It is sunday, and saturday left just a hangover. Days go by, nothing changes. A metaphor for the political situation in the Czech lands at a time where depicting a soldier as a drunk was considered out of place to say the least.
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The Generous Lover
A comedy based on two novels by Marjan Berk about a smooth-talking artist with love problems. He is in love but is pursued by former lovers.
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Broken Light
An art film about the life of Soviet creatives in the late 1980s.
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Crystal Moon
The fairy tale story of Maria da Graça, a small town girl with big time dreams of becoming a singer, who moves to Rio de Janeiro to pursue her ambitions.
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Twins at the Zoo
The parents decided to send two twins, Honza, and Martin, on vacation to their grandfather.
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Swordsman
When a scroll containing valuable martial arts secrets is stolen from the Emperor, an army detachment is sent to recover it. It is based on the novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer by Jinyong.
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Blue Steel
Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant’s gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner accountable for killing an unarmed man. That same someone carves Turner’s name into the bullets and uses them in a series of murders. Turner teams up with detective Nick Mann to clear her name and catch the killer. But she is drawn into a deadly game of wits with a psychopath who’s always one step ahead… and much closer than she thinks!