See 2013 Schedule for APCC Movie of the Month
< APCC Movie Night 2013>
May 16th: Tuya’s Marriage (2006)
Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband.
Country: China
Runtime: 86 min
Director: Quan'an Wang
Stars: Nan Yu, Ba'toer, Sen'ge
Jun 20th: Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Country: Australia
Runtime: 94 min
Director :Phillip Noyce
Stars: Evelyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan
Jul 18th: Tampopo (1985)
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.
Country: Japan
Runtime: 114 min
Director ::Jûzô Itami
Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe
Aug 15th: Wonderful Town (2007)
After the tsunami struck the coast town of Takua Pa, young architect Ton moves in town to develop a construction project and settles in a small hotel run by Na, a young sensitive local girl. They begin a secret love affair, but soon rumors spread and they meet with strong opposition from the town's residents.
Country: Thailand
Runtime: 92 min.
Director: Aditya Assarat
Stars: Anchalee Saisoontorn, Supphasit Kansen, Dul Yaambunying
Sep 19th:Water (2005)
The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from the highest caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
Country: India
Runtime: 117 min
Director: Deepa Mehta
Stars: Sarala Karlyawasam, Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray
Oct 17th: Crying Ladies (2003)
A heart warmingl comedy about three women who cry at funerals, professionally. The story revolves around three ladies who each have their own story to tell, with their own struggles and challenges to face.
Country: Philippines
Runtime: 110 min
Director: Mark Meily
Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Hilda Koronel, Angel Aquino
Nov 21th: Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
Country: Taiwan/USA
Runtime: 124 min
Director: Ang Lee
Stars: Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu
Dec 19th: Love Letters (1995)
Hiroko Watanabe's fiancé Itsuki died two years earlier in a mountain climbing accident. While looking through his high school yearbook, Hiroko in a fit of grief decides to write a letter to him using his old school address. Surprisingly she receives a reply, not from the dead Itsuki, but from a woman with the same name whom had known Hiroko's fiancé in school. A relationship develops between the two women as they continue to exchange letters and share memories of the dead Itsuki.
Country: Japan
Runtime: 117 min.
Director: Shunji Iwai
Stars: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han