7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1991
Directed by Zhang Yimou, this is a stunningly directed film which follows the plight of a beautiful, educated young woman who becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy, powerful nobleman.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1993
Directed by Chen Kaige, this is a drama of epic sweep, with a trio of main characters who share a complex bond: two Chinese opera stars, who have become famous for playing a king and his concubine in the title opera; and a feisty yet vulnerable prostitute, whom one of them marries.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday,Oct. 2, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1993
Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, this is an outstanding, elegant epic about the experiences of one Chinese family through the 1950s and 60s: a period of vast political and social upheaval in China.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
1994
Directed by Ang Lee, this is an acclaimed comedy-drama about a widowed master chef facing such problems as losing his sense of taste, his three daughters’ strong desire for leaving home and a marriage-minded widow next door.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
2001
Superstar Gong Li won Best Actress honors at the Montreal World Film Festival for her excellent performance in this drama of domestic struggles in contemporary China. Directed by Zhou Sun.
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free
2003
Directed by Dai Sijie, this Golden Globe nominee for Best Foreign Film is based on the experience of this film’s director who spent four years in a “re-education camp” so that he would emerge purged of corrupt Western influences.
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