2011 July — Asia Pacific Films

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Bemani

July 8, 2011 / Dariush Mehrjui, Drama, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Released: 2002 Country: Iran Director: Dariush Mehrjui Language: Persian Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Drama Summary The plight of Iranian women is detailed in this harrowing drama from Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui. Attempting to escape an arranged marriage with a much older man, a desperate young woman follows the example [...]

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The Lodgers

July 8, 2011 / Comedy, Dariush Mehrjui, Family & Relationships, Iran, Movie Trailers, Persian

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Ejareh Neshinha Released: 1986 Country: Iran Director: Dariush Mehrjui Language: Persian Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Comedy Summary In an old, crumbling building occupied by four families, butcher Abbas Agha declares himself the legal representative of the landlord. Tempted by a housing agency to take over the house, Abbas Agha stops the [...]

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Quiet Flows The River Chitra

July 7, 2011 / Bangladesh, Bengali, Drama, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity, Movie Trailers, Tanvir Mokammel

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Chitra Nadir Pare Released: 1998 Country: Bangladesh Director: Tanvir Mokammel Language: Bengali Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Drama Summary In 1947, following the partition of India, Pakistan was formed. In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), millions of Hindu families were forced to choose between living under Islamic rule, or abandoning the land, [...]

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Rainclouds Over Wushan

July 7, 2011 / China, Drama, Gender & Sexuality, Mandarin, Movie Trailers, Zhang Ming

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Wuzhan yunyu Released: 1995 Country: China Director: Zhang Ming Language: Mandarin Theme: Gender & Sexuality Genre: Drama Summary A lonely thirty-year old business man(Mai)is pushed to meet women by his more socially adept friend. After a night of drinking, he meets Chen, a woman who dreams of a better life and a [...]

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Prison and Paradise

July 7, 2011 / Daniel Rudi Haryanto, Documentary, Human Rights, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers

On 12 October, 2002, a group of suicide bombers attacked Bali, Indonesia. Five of the perpetrators are interviewed in prison. Noor Huda Ismail, a journalist with The Washington Post and ex-roommate of one of the perpetrators, introduces us to two of their families.

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Red, White And The Green

July 7, 2011 / Documentary, Iran, Law, Politics & Government, Movie Trailers, Nader Davoodi, Persian

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2009 Country: Iran Director: Nader Davoodi Language: Persian Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Documentary Summary Iranians weigh in on the 2009 presidential election, in the weeks prior. Supporters of both Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (then the President of Iran) and Mir-Houssein Mousavi are interviewed. And then, there are those who believe that a rigged [...]

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Poet of the Wastes

July 7, 2011 / Art & Music, Drama, Iran, Mohammad Ahmadi, Movie Trailers, Persian, Recommendations

After administering rigorous examinations in science, religion and politics, the Iranian government assigns a handful of men from the nation’s unemployed millions to the undignified job of street-cleaning.

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Remember The Boys

July 7, 2011 / Documentary, English, Movie Trailers, Stephanie Castillo, United States, War & Military

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 2005 Country: United States Director: Stephanie Castillo Language: English Theme: War & Military Genre: Documentary Summary Remember the Boys poignantly captures the inspiring, true story of a chaplain and his war buddies. Born in Hawaii, Domingo Los Banos was a U.S. WWII soldier who went to war in the Philippines as a teenager [...]

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Self Portrait Trailer

July 7, 2011 / Misc

Have a coupon? Enter code here: Released: 1982 Country: Indonesia Director: Gotot Prakosa Language: Indonesian Theme: Art & Music Genre: Animation Summary In this experimental, stop-motion short, the filmmaker’s self-portrait is continually created, and re-created.

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Room to Let

July 7, 2011 / Cantonese, Drama, Experimental, James Lee, Malaysia, Movie Trailers, Youth & Coming of Age

Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: You fang chu zu Released: 2002 Country: Malaysia Director: James Lee Language: Cantonese Theme: Youth & Coming Of Age Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary A lovelorn young man, Berg, meets Andrew, who lets him share a rented room with him in Kuala Lumpur. Inspired by Pasolini’s Theorem and Tsai Ming Liang, James Lee’s [...]

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