China Onscreen Biennial: LACUNA (醉后一夜) North American Premiere

Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, a screening of LACUNA, a romantic comedy of a Hong Kong boy and Mainland girl trying to uncover the events that lead them to wake up together in a deserted department store.

Part of the UCLA Confucius Institute's inaugural China Onscreen Biennial （银幕中国双年展）project, an unprecedented bicoastal collaboration among seven distinguished American educational and cultural organizations to promote US-China dialogue through the art of film. October 13-31, Los Angeles | October 26-11, Washington, DC.

LACUNA   2012
醉后一夜

Director: Derek Tsang, Jimmy Wan. Producer: Pang Ho-cheung, Subi Liang. Screenwriter: Derek Tsang, Jimmy Wan, Zhang You-you, Kuk Yuk. Cinematographer: Charlie Lam. Production Designer: Jeffrey Kong. Editor: Wenders Li. Composer: Alan Wong, Subyub Lee, Tom Lee. Cast: Zhang Jingchu, Shawn Yue, Chu Yue-sun, Yoga Lin, Lawrence Chou.

One morning a Hong Kong boy and a Mainland girl wake up in each other’s arms in the “Bed and Bath” section of a deserted high-end Beijing department store – without any idea of how they got there. They had drunk a lot the night before and now will spend the rest of the movie desperately trying to figure out what happened – retracing their steps, chasing down where the car was parked and where the bag of money was stowed, forced to bring a very unusual “pet” to the Nativity set of a Chinese film called O MARY JANE, while having flashbacks at inopportune moments. This charmingly madcap rom-com maps a Beijing according to its young and texting generation. – Bérénice Reynaud

HDCAM, color, Putonghua with English subtitles, 96 min.

Preceded by a screening of SHANGHAI STRANGERS 非典情人

Director/Screenwriter: Joan Chen. Producer: Alexi Tan. Cinematographer: Florian J.E. Zinke. Production Designer: Pan Lei. Editor: Mary Stephen, Ruby Yang. Sound: Zhao Ying, Yin Jie. Composer: Daniel Belardinelli. Cast: Jiang Yiyan, Teo Yoo, Wang Yong, Arran Hawkins, Zhang Haoxing.

Christmas eve. A woman meets a foreigner. Memories spark of a romance born of another brief encounter – between a recent Shanghai riven by SARS and the city’s forgotten Jewish past. With this internet “micro-movie,” Joan Chen returns to directing for the first time in 12 years, weaving a delicate tale of love, loss and remembrance in her beloved hometown of Shanghai. – Cheng-Sim Lim

HDCAM, color, Putonghua and English with English subtitles, 24 min.