As the world turns its attention to China in anticipantion of the summer Olympics in Beijing,the three presents the work of three talented contempary Chinese filmmakers, each with their own challenging perspective on the their nation’s history and politics.
Electric Shadows
From director Xiao Jiang, a bracing new female voice in Chinese cinema, comes this ode to love(and love of movies) that has been compared to Cinema Paradiso.Spanning the Cultural Revolution to the present day, it follows two childhood friends who rediscover one another years later. This is “a lovely, elegant paean to the joy and liberty that films offer”(Hollywood Reporter).
