Nighthawks

Directed by Gianpaolo Lupori

Program 2: Dark Passage / China / 2013 / Film Noir / 15 mins / Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles / Colour / Canadian Premiere

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Program 2 – Dark Passage

Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas
November 7, 2014 5:00 pm

Description

On a quiet night, down a dark backstreet, a small noodle shop remains open long after hours. The silence is pierced by the arrival of an elderly woman. As she engages the patrons, we become witnesses to an unsettling confrontation, implicating those present in a conspiracy fueled by a twisted sense of justice.

Director's Bio

Gianpaolo Lupori is an award winning film director and cinematographer with almost a decade of experience in Asia. His work focuses on the extensive influence social media has on individual and collective patterns of behavior, on the way we interact with each other, how we determine our personalities and relate to our surroundings.

Credits

Writers: Gianpaolo Lupori & Leo Xu
Producer: Charleie Moretti

Plays in

Program 2: DARK PASSAGE

Program 2: Dark Passage / 94 mins
In DARK PASSAGE, six filmmakers shine a light onto what happens when tragic and unforseeable circumstances test the limits of the human soul. From a reinterpreted Greek tragedy played out on China's waterways in "A Grand Canal," to a woman's final wish to her own rapist and would-be murderer in "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger," these films explore six very different interpretations of Invictus (Latin, for "unconquered" - from a poem by William Ernest Henley): Out of the night that covers me...I thank whatever gods may be, for my unconquerable soul."
In This Program: My Red Guard, Nighthawks, What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger, Eric, A Grand Canal, The Free Man

Preceded By

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

Kiyoung Kang / Program 2: Dark Passage / South Korea / 2014 / Drama / 15 mins
Yongsu, who makes a living from taking pictures and drawing, becomes a serial killer at night; he believes that too is a form of art. One night he goes out looking for prey, kidnaps Heejung, then rapes her, as he would do to any of his other victims. Following his routine, Yongsu asks Heejung for her very last wish and plays a song on his piano, giving her some time to think. When the music ends, Heejung tells him she'd like to call to her boyfriend....
Preceded by: Eric

Precedes: Nighthawks