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Program 2: DARK PASSAGE

Program 2: Dark Passage / 94 mins

Program 2 - Dark Passage

Program 2 – Dark Passage

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

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In This Program

My Red Guard

Lucas Li / Program 2: Dark Passage / Australia / 2014 / Hybrid Documentary / 7 mins
An intimate story about the enduring legacy of Mao’s Cultural revolution, the challenging relationship between mothers and daughters, and the transformative power of music.
Nighthawks

Gianpaolo Lupori / Program 2: Dark Passage / China / 2013 / Film Noir / 15 mins
A pajama clad pensioner walks into a desolate Shanghai noodle bar. Fourteen minutes later, 100,000 people have blood on their hands - Social Justice, or Social Network gone too far?
Preceded by: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
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
Eric

Andrew Lee / Program 2: Dark Passage / Australia / 2014 / Drama / 15 mins
Tucked away in a forgotten and isolated motel, a “lad” encounters a returning solider coping with post-traumatic stress disorder. The brief encounter is a soft collision of two characters both lost and trying to find themselves within each other.
Preceded by: The Free Man

Precedes: What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
A Grand Canal

Johnny Ma / Program 2: Dark Passage / China / 2013 / Melodrama / 19..5 mins
"A Greek tragedy told in a Chinese pop song" that outlines the tragic events of a boat Captain who must collect a debt to save his fleet of boats, as remembered by his ten year old son.
Precedes: The Free Man
The Free Man

Sam Quah / Program 2: Dark Passage / Taiwan / 2014 / Crime, Drama / 30 mins
"Except for the freedom to breathe, I have nothing."
Preceded by: A Grand Canal

Precedes: Eric