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Screening of Cinderella Moon
The Asia Society presents a screening in partnership with the New York International Children's Film Festival.
When:
March 17, 2012 5:00pm to 6:40pm
Where
Cinderella Moon
CHINA, RICHARD BOWEN, 2011, 96 MIN
RECOMMENDED AGES: 7 TO ADULT (IN ENGLISH)
US PREMIERE - FILMMAKER Q&A AT MAR 17 SCREENING - Based on the earliest known version of Cinderella, the Chinese tale “Ye Xian” from 768 A.D., cinematographer Richard Bowen’s wonder-filled feature debut is a gorgeous and enchanting fairytale, with exquisitely ornate costumes, dazzling scenery shot in Yunnan Province, and an underlying message that is as timely today as it was thirteen centuries ago.
In a mythical kingdom, a girl is born. The village shaman had foretold a boy and Mei Mei’s father is sorely disappointed. Years later with her mother gone, Mei Mei is left with nothing but a pair of bejeweled slippers and the hope that one day she will get to dance at the Festival of the Full Moon. Meanwhile, the kingdom has been thrown out of balance – the moon is stuck in the sky – and the handsome young king is commanded by his mother to take a wife to restore the celestial harmony. But the king refuses to have a child with a woman he does not truly love. One day, peering through a telescope from his island home, the king spies Mei Mei floating on air in her magical slippers. Convinced that he’s seen an angel, he sets out in search for her – but she runs off, losing one bejeweled slipper along the way.
Click here to check out the full schedule of the 2012 New York International Children's Film Festival.
Films programs at the Asia Society are supported, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Cost:
$13
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