Asian Movies : 2008

A hundred and fourteen famous Iranian theater and cinema actresses and a French star: mute spectators at a theatrical representation of Khosrow and Shirin, a Persian poem from the twelfth century, put on stage by Kiarostami. The development of the text -- long a favorite in Persia and the Middle Eas...

Polyartist Jong-cheol is a workaholic who never seems to care about his family. But when he loses them in a car accident, everything tumbles. One day he meets a young boy named Yeong-ung. This little boy is suffering from an incurable disease and curiously enough, Jong-cheol feels that he has met th...

A screenwriter dreams of success and has a boyfriend who is a member of an unsuccessful rock band. Her sister, an interior designer, meets an actor she falls for. Her niece is trying to figure out how to get her first kiss from her boyfriend. Three stories about life and dating....

Three Buddies, Rama (Dimas), Dika (Harry Tjan) and Jodi (Ricky) are in search for local virgins in a village to have them in contractual marriages. They look for girls willing to be married temporarily. Kang Sono help them to find right girls for each of the three guys' antique characters. Jody like...

Set in modern-day Italy, Gunslinger Girl follows the exploits of the Social Welfare Agency ostensibly a charitable institution sponsored by the Italian government....

Kidarida michyeo: Crazy Waiting is a not-so-serious look at a serious issue: the mandatory military duty for South Korean men. The film misses the boat in saying something important, but it still works as an ensemble romance...