Ah, patriarchy! The system which has been prevalent in several Asian societies for many a years (and still does in many parts) plays a key part of the narrative in “Execution in Autumn”, a hugely-popular 1972 feature by the late director Lee Hsing, who passed away earlier this year, ironically just before autumn set in.
“Execution in Autumn” is Screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
It has been decreed that all capital punishment will be carried out in autumn, which means Pei Gang, an affluent family's only male child who is accused of killing three people in cold blood, has to excruciatingly wait nearly a year for his impending death. His grandmother Nai Nai, who raised him alone and spoiled him rotten in the process, tries every avenue to have the only male child of the family and thus the only one to carry forward the family name pardoned and released from prison,...
“Execution in Autumn” is Screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
It has been decreed that all capital punishment will be carried out in autumn, which means Pei Gang, an affluent family's only male child who is accused of killing three people in cold blood, has to excruciatingly wait nearly a year for his impending death. His grandmother Nai Nai, who raised him alone and spoiled him rotten in the process, tries every avenue to have the only male child of the family and thus the only one to carry forward the family name pardoned and released from prison,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
“Typhoon was like a meteorite in the midst of a Mandarin-speaking industry mired in propaganda and a resolutely commercial Taiwanese cinema. The film is a raging storm that shakes genres, breaks the conventions of the time and offers the actors their best roles. Pan Lei had already distinguished himself with his original scripts and previous films, which always went outside the official discourse. Here he can indulge his sensuality, as well as his passion for outdoor shots and for characters with an evil nature.” – Wafa Ghermani, Cinemathèque française.
Typhoon is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A middle aged couple have been manning a remote weather station in the mountains, with their only company being a mailman that occasionally comes there to deliver goods and mail, and a local beautiful girl, Ah-hung, who shows particular interest for the man's experiments on mice. The couple feel the loneliness...
Typhoon is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A middle aged couple have been manning a remote weather station in the mountains, with their only company being a mailman that occasionally comes there to deliver goods and mail, and a local beautiful girl, Ah-hung, who shows particular interest for the man's experiments on mice. The couple feel the loneliness...
- 2/10/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Under the old political regime in Taiwan it was difficult to make features, given the thematic and narrative constraints producers and directors had to obey. However, as these began to shift somewhat in the 1970s, the career of filmmakers such as Lee Hsing truly flourished as he began to tackle current issues, for example, in his Vertigo-esque “The Young Ones” or the drama “The Story of a Small Town”. Arguably one of his most well-known projects from that era is “Execution in Autumn”, a period drama set on the brink of the 1900s. Hsing has gone on record, stating this is his favorite film of his career, perhaps not only due to the nods at the likes of Kenji Mizoguchi, but also due to its universal and political themes.
Execution in Autumn is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Throughout his life Pei Gang (Ou Wei), the...
Execution in Autumn is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
Throughout his life Pei Gang (Ou Wei), the...
- 2/9/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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