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School of Modern Languages & School of Literature, Communication and Culture present the first Chinese Film Festival
FREE ADMISSION
"Riding Alone for Thousand Miles"
Qian li zou dan qi (dtr. Zhang Yimou, 2005)
107 mins.
"Front-loaded with family discord, terminal cancer, prodigal jailbait, a cute kiddie looking for love, and other accessories of the ready-to-wear soap opera, Zhang Yimou's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles is as heartfelt, sincere, and soggy with nostalgia as some of his other periodic homages to the virtues of peasant life in the backwaters of China. Coming off the visceral House of Flying Daggers and Hero, this new film, which wears its heart on its sleeve along with its dewy populism, is slow and pretty. . . ." (Ella Taylor, The Village Voice)
All films have English subtitles.
Organizer and curator: Howard Y. F. Choy, Assistant Professor of Chinese, School of Modern Languages "Mountain Patrol" and "Riding Alone for Thousand Miles" are made possible with the support of the Education Office of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston. Thanks to Ren Changsong, Lu Peiming, and Li Haizheng. Special thanks to the Student Success Center.
