Taiwan – MovieLog

Life Of Pi (2012)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:46:11 +0000

In Canada, a writer visits the Indian storyteller Pi Patel and asks him to tell a story. Pi tells the story of his life since he was a kid in Pondicherry, India and the origin of his nickname. One day, his father that owns a zoo tells that his business is not good and he had decided to move to Canada and sell part of the animals in the United States of America. They travel in a Japanese cargo ship with the animals and out of the blue, there is a storm followed by a shipwrecking. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, a orangutan, a hyena and a male Bengal tiger that he called Richard Parker. They are adrift in the Pacific Ocean and when the tiger is hunger, he eats the other animals. Soon Pi learns that he might find a way to feed and domesticate the tiger to survive.

Life Of Pi

Ang Lee

USA, Taiwan

8.2

IMDb

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Raise The Red Lantern (1991)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 10:41:26 +0000

China in the 1920’s. After her father’s death, nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry Chen Zuoqian, the lord of a powerful family. Fifty year old Chen has already three wives, each of them living in separate houses within the great castle. The competition between the wives is tough, as their master’s attention carries power, status and privilege. Each night Chen must decide with which wife to spend the night and a red lantern is lit in front of the house of his choice. And each wife schemes and plots to make sure it’s hers. However, things get out of hand…

Da Hong Deng Long Gao Gao Gua

China, 1920. One master, four wives.

Yimou Zhang

China, Hong Kong, Taiwan

8.2

IMDb

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 10:41:25 +0000

The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China’s magnificent landscape.

Wo Hu Cang Long

Ang Lee

Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China

7.9

IMDb

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Invitation Only (2009)

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:28:57 +0000

When Wade Chen, who is the driver of President Yang of the Weida Group, accidentally sees his boss shagging a top-model in the backseat of his car, Yang surprisingly invites him to go to a high-society party. Wade thanks and tells that he has neither money nor clothes to go to the event, but Yang tells the he would sponsor everything to Wade that could tell that is his cousin. In the invitation, the guest is requested to fulfill with the offbeat dream. In the party promoted by Mr. Warren in a warehouse, Wade gets closer to Miss Liang and two other rookies. Each one of them sees the dream coming true but sooner the quartet discovers that they are the lead attraction of the party that is promoted to torture losers in a deadly fight of classes.

Jue Ming Pai Dui

You can despise the rich, but you’ll die to be one of them …

Kevin Ko

Taiwan

IMDb

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