The British Film Institute, London will be screening Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s 1989 film, A City Of Sadness, on 7th February 2011.
Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s rich and intricate canvas is political history writ small, and a family saga, with gangster leanings, that encompasses the post-war making of Taiwan: from the Japanese withdrawal in 1945 to the arrival of Chiang Kai-Shek in 1949 (fleeing Communist revolution on the Chinese mainland) and the beginning of forty years of martial law on the island.
The film, which stars Tony Leung, will be introduced by Richard Combs.
For more information on the film, head to the BFI’s website here.
