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Screening - Stray Dogs
The latest feature from the celebrated filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, Stray Dogs is a poetic portrait of an alcoholic father (played by Tsai's longtime partner Lee Kang-Sheng) and his two young children surviving in modern-day Taipei.
When:
September 5, 2014 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where
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In person: Vincent Wang, producer They eat food left over from supermarkets and seek shelter in abandoned buildings—until one stormy night when they encounter a woman from the past. Tsai won the Grand Jury Prize at last year's Venice Film Festival and was named best director at the 2013 Golden Horse Awards for this film. "If nothing else, you're left with a master class in directing, and a film that anyone who's serious about cinema needs to make the time to see” (Oliver Lyttelton, The Playlist). (Dir.: Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France, 2013, 138 min., D-Cinema, Mandarin with English subtitles) |
Cost:
Free.
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Phone Number:
202.633.1000 (TTY 202.633.5285)
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