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881
Singapore | 2007 | 105mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Royston Tan

If ABBA could sing in Hokkien, they might have auditioned for Royston Tan�s 881, an exuberant re-creation of the campy and uniquely Singaporean musical performance genre of getai. 881 is not a mere self-conscious parody, but Tan�s heartfelt love song to a nostalgic folk culture with roots all over Asia. More...

SUN 3/16 3:15pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

FRI 3/21 7:00pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

A Battle of Wits
Hong Kong | 2006 | 131mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Jacob Cheung

Andy Lau stars in this lavish period epic in which a lone warrior attempts to save a city from a marauding army. Eschewing wire work and fantasy sequences for a more earth-bound approach, this underrated film offers spectacular entertainment for the thinking person. More...

SAT 3/15 9:15pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

A dramatic tale of unbridled greed, love and betrayal, Blood Brothers explores the glittering den of vice and sin that was Shanghai in the ‘30s. Produced by John Woo and starring Bay Area native Daniel Wu, the film tells a thrilling story of three young men whose loyalty to one another is tested by their descent into the city’s alluring crime underworld. In Person: Daniel Wu More...

FRI 3/14 7:00pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

SUN 3/23 7:00pm $11.00
Camera Cinemas 12

Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame
Iran | 2007 | 81mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Hana Makhmalbaf

The beauty and grief of present-day Afghanistan receives epic, poetic treatment from the youngest member of director Mohsen Makhmalbaf�s remarkable family. Set in Bamian, the town where the Taliban�s destruction of cultural treasures sickened the world, Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame is a frightening journey into the minds of the children affected by the violence of that area. More...

SAT 3/15 12:45pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

TUE 3/18 8:45pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

Death Note
Japan | 2006 | 126mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Shusuke Kaneko

A brilliant law student discovers a mysterious book that enables him to kill anyone by writing names into its pages. But a cunning investigator known only as �L� is right on his heels. Two geniuses go head to head in a spectacular battle of wits in this mind-bending adaptation of a wildly popular manga series. More...

FRI 3/14 9:45pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

SAT 3/22 2:00pm $11.00
Camera Cinemas 10

Against all odds, frontiersman Hungai dreams of transforming the Mongolian steppes into a forest, yet his world turns upside down when he offers refuge to a mother and son escaping neighboring North Korea. A quiet and beautifully realized melodrama unfolds, from the director of the award-winning Grain in Ear. More...

MON 3/17 9:15pm $11.00
Landmark Clay Theatre

SAT 3/22 6:00pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

Flight of the Red Balloon
France | Taiwan | 2007 | 113mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien abandons his usual Taiwanese settings for a modern-day look at the City of Light in this ephemeral update of a classic 1959 French children�s short, featuring French darling Juliette Binoche. Continuing the obsessions of his recent Caf� Lumiere, Hou tracks the rhythms of life in the contemporary world to beautiful, dazzling effect. More...

SUN 3/16 5:00pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 3

SAT 3/22 8:40pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

Foster Child
Philippines | 2007 | 98mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Brillante Mendoza

Foster Child shows how stability can thrive amid the littered dirt alleys and ramshackle buildings of Manila’s slums. But stability does not preclude heartbreak. The film, which lingers on the rituals of a foster mother and son during their final day together, is buoyed by Cherry Pie Picache’s gorgeous performance. In Person: Brillante Mendoza More...

FRI 3/14 6:45pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 3

SUN 3/16 Noon $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 3

A Gentle Breeze in the Village
Japan | 2007 | 121mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Nobuhiro Yamashita

In a small, bucolic village, the arrival of a handsome city-boy from Tokyo sets off gentle tremors in the halcyon life of a teenage girl. The director of Linda Linda Linda returns with a blissful evocation of the emotional universe of adolescence. More...

FRI 3/14 4:00pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 3

SAT 3/15 4:30pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

MON 3/17 6:30pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 1

Happiness
South Korea | 2007 | 119mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Hur Jin-ho

A playboy�s heavy drinking sends him to a health clinic, where he meets an angelic beauty dying of a critical lung disease. Their relationship forms the basis of this melodious, old-fashioned yet vibrantly original romance from acclaimed director Hur Jin-ho (Christmas in August). More...

SAT 3/15 6:00pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

SUN 3/16 5:00pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

SAT 3/22 7:00pm $11.00
Camera Cinemas 10

I�m a Cyborg, But That�s OK
South Korea | 2006 | 105mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook�s (Oldboy) latest is a fantasy-laden love story between a girl who believes herself a cyborg and an insecure kleptomaniac, played by pop sensation Rain. Through their budding romance, the two keep each other from literally and metaphorically vanishing into nothing. More...

SAT 3/15 9:10pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

SUN 3/16 12:45pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

Om Shanti Om
India | 2007 | 168mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Farah Khan

A parody of and an homage to the unbridled, anything-goes Hindi musicals from the �70s, this dazzling Bollywood extravaganza features spectacular musical numbers and cameos by nearly every Bollywood star. The inimitable Shahrukh Khan plays a lowly extra who dreams of becoming a star—and gets his wish only in reincarnation. More...

SUN 3/16 8:45pm $11.00
Castro Theatre

Slingshot
Philippines | 2007 | 86mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Brillante Mendoza

Brillante Mendoza’s kinetic film thrusts viewers into a Manila slum full of junkies, thieves and their loved ones—the constantly fluid camera capturing their desperation with a documentary-like intensity. In this world, drugs rule, police carry automatic weapons and politicians carry an open purse. In Person: Brillante Mendoza
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SAT 3/15 7:00pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

TUE 3/18 7:00pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 4

Three Days To Forever
Indonesia | 2006 | 106mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Riri Riza

In Riri Riza�s controversial coming-of-age story, two cousins embark on a road trip to a family wedding. Accidental hold ups turn into opportunities for play as the two youths explore the surrounding landscape and, eventually, each other. More...

FRI 3/14 9:30pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 3

TUE 3/18 9:30pm $11.00
Landmark Clay Theatre

SUN 3/23 2:15pm $11.00
Camera Cinemas 10

The Unseeable
Thailand | 2006 | 97mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Wisit Sasanatieng

When a young pregnant woman takes refuge in a dilapidated mansion, the lonely and eccentric inhabitants draw her deep into their ghostly world. Steeped in folklore and with an eerie period setting, Sasanatieng�s (Citizen Dog) latest is an elegant homage to classic Hollywood thrillers like The Hauting and Rebecca. More...

SUN 3/16 9:45pm $11.00
Sundance Kabuki 3

FRI 3/21 9:15pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

SUN 3/23 4:45pm $11.00
Camera Cinemas 10

The Voyeurs
India | 2007 | 107mins | International Showcase
Directed By: Buddhadeb Dasgupta

In the chaotic streets of Calcutta, a surveillance-camera installer�s innocent crush on his actress neighbor turns tragic in this fantasy-tinged dissection of love in the age of terrorism. From the director of The Wrestlers and Memories in the Mist. More...

MON 3/17 6:45pm $11.00
Landmark Clay Theatre

WED 3/19 8:50pm $11.00
Pacific Film Archive

SUN 3/23 7:15pm $11.00
Camera Cinemas 10

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