Lisa Lu

Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu get to know Xue Baochai at the Jia Mansion. The three young people experience all kinds of human affections in the world, and witness a series of open and secret struggles of the rise and fall of a huge family.

Rachel Chu es profesora de economía en la Universidad de Nueva York, allí conoce a Nick Young -profesor de historia- y se enamoran. Ambos tienen que viajar a la ciudad natal de Nick, Singapur, para asistir a la boda de su mejor amigo. Es allí cuando Rachel descubre que su novio pertenece a una de las familias más ricas de Asia y que todas las solteras de clase alta están increíblemente celosas de ella. La joven tendrá que enfrentarse a todas ellas y demostrar a la familia de su novio que ella también es digna de estar con él.

A Dutch photographer (played by David Verbeek himself – also a talented photographer in real life) takes a picture of a girl in a parking lot in nighttime Taipei as she plays with her kite. The photo transports us into her life. She is eight years old and is about to lose her best friend, a boy from a wealthy family who is moving to America. Back in the Netherlands, the photographer is confronted with his own constant loneliness. The photo of the girl evokes memories of his own childhood, when he still felt at home somewhere.

Un joven de Dalian continúa sus estudios en Melbourne, donde experimenta el amor, la pérdida y el autodescubrimiento en esta historia sobre la mayoría de edad.

Devastated by a love affair, former in-demand gigolo Future Chang (played by Sandra Ng) retreats to Thailand, leading the life a dissolute. Thanks to the intervention of his high school teacher, Mr. Lo, Future summons the courage to return to Hong Kong. With the help of his friend Ricky, a gym trainer, he works hard to get back into shape, determined to make a comeback in the “duck” (male escort) trade. To Future’s surprise, Hong Kong has undergone a dramatic transformation since he left the city. Even the rules of the duck trade have completely changed! In order to ply his trade, Future is reduced seeking clients at an old age nursery home for women. Meanwhile, the places where women can buy happiness have become much more accessible, operating in neighborhood establishments such as a Thai restaurant…Determined to adapt to their new environment, Future and his desperate cohorts Dick Wide, Nebula and Broker Chan decide to dedicate themselves to satisfying the needs of their new client.

Película basada en la novela del mismo título. Esta versión está situada en 1930 en Shanghai donde una mujer de la alta sociedad se encapricha en un juego arriesgado con su ex amante, que consiste en seducir y luego abandonar a una chica joven e ingenua.

Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) es un actor de gran éxito cuya vida de excesos y lujo cambia por completo cuando, sin previo aviso, se presenta su hija de once años (Elle Fanning), fruto de un matrimonio fracasado. Johnny es una estrella de cine que vive en un lujoso hotel de Hollywood, conduce un ferrari y sale con bellas mujeres sin comprometerse con ninguna.

Liu returns to his native city Shanghai after 50 years spent in Taiwan. He has come to find the first love of his life, Qiao, who he left behind pregnant. In the meantime, Qiao has married and formed a family. But Liu is determined to get the family's approval to take her away with him.

El geólogo Adrian Helmsley, descubre de que el núcleo de la Tierra se está calentando. Teme que la corteza se vuelva inestable, coincidiendo con las predicciones mayas del fin del mundo. Entre tanto, los líderes del mundo "venden" plazas para escapar del cataclismo. El escritor Curtis Jackson tropieza con esa información... y luchará por salvar a su familia mientras el suelo se hunde bajo sus pies, y los terremotos y las erupciones volcánicas destruyen el mundo tal y como lo conocemos.

Un funeral irlandés tiene un velatorio. Un funeral judío tiene shiva sentado. Un funeral tradicional chino es algo completamente distinto. Eso es lo que los hermanos de la familia Xiao chino-estadounidense deben pasar, la noticia de la muerte de su madre. El único hermano y las tres hermanas no se llevan bien, sin embargo, comparten una cosa: odio por su madre dominante y manipuladora, la Dama del Dragón.

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Benny Chan's Invisible Target (2007) including interviews with the major stars of the film and the production crew.

Shanghai, 1942. La ciudad está ocupada por los japoneses. La señora Mak, una mujer rica y sofisticada, recuerda cómo empezó todo en 1938. Su verdadero nombre no es Mak, sino Wong Chia Chi. Poco antes de estallar la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), su padre huyó a Inglaterra y la dejó en China. Era estudiante universitaria y conoció a Kuang Yu Min, que acababa de fundar una compañía de teatro para fomentar el patriotismo. Wong Chia Chi se convirtió en la primera actriz de la compañía. Kuang, por su parte, convenció a un grupo de estudiantes para que asesinaran al señor Yee, un importante colaborador de los japoneses. Wong Chia Chi colaboró en el plan haciéndose pasar por la señora Mak: su cometido era hacerse amiga de la mujer de Yee para ganarse la confianza de éste y seducirlo. Todo iba sucediendo según lo previsto, hasta que se produjo un acontecimiento inesperado.

Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa), a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai.

La historia de tres policías que, pese a sus divergencias morales y sus opuestas metodologías de trabajo, deben aunar fuerzas para capturar a un grupo de peligrosos atracadores. Para el agente Chan es una cuestión de simple venganza, después de que su prometida falleciera durante el último robo de la banda a un furgón blindado; a Fong, en cambio, le mueve el orgullo, tras haber quedado en ridículo durante una dura contienda en la que fue el único superviviente, mientras que para Wai se trata de una cuestión de honor familiar, pues su hermano, también policía, desapareció mientras investigaba a la banda y se rumorea que puede haberse convertido en un traidor...

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winning filmmaker, Arthur Dong, this documentary is a voyage through a century of cinematic delights, intrigues and treasures. It weaves together a wondrous portrait of actors, directors, writers, and movie icons who have defined American feature films, from the silent era to the current new wave of Asian American cinema. At once entertaining and enlightening, Hollywood Chinese reveals long-untold stories behind the Asian faces that have graced the silver screen, and weaves a rich and complicated tapestry, one marked by unforgettable performances and groundbreaking films, but also by a tangled history of race and representation.

Set in 1948 against the backdrop of Communism's rise, "Fei" is the story of two sisters--Fei and Ying--bound together by the will of their late father, a legendary business entrepreneur, and their shared love for a charismatic ex-boxer, Huang. They are two women whose paths have been dictated by the often cruel decrees of the men their lives--two women who must somehow transcend that influence...or lose everything.

Peter Brackett (Nick Nolte) y Sabrina Peterson (Julia Roberts) son dos competitivos reporteros rivales de Chicago a los que se les encarga la cobertura de un accidente de tren. Él es un reportero cínico y veterano, mientras ella es una novata dispuesta a arriesgar lo que sea por conseguir una noticia. Cuando ambos descubren que hay algo más turbio tras el siniestro, deciden a regañadientes unir sus fuerzas. (FILMAFFINITY)

Documentary series made in China in the early 90s. Agland was an anthropologist and he’d already made a wonderful series in the 80s about the Baka tribe in Cameroon. For Beyond the Clouds, he spent several years in a small town in Yunnan province telling the stories of various characters he met. He focuses on normal people but in doing so tells us about China’s past as well as its present and the monumental change that was coming.

Near the beginning of the Tang dynasty, in 7th century China, General Shi Yan-sheng is tricked into leaving the crown prince unguarded. The crown prince is murdered by one of his brothers who then becomes emperor. Shi retreats to a monastery, perhaps to hide, perhaps to plan a coup. When his loyal troops as well as the princess he desires are slain, he seeks refuge in a remote, abandoned monastery where an aged abbot schools him with practical, earthy teachings. The emperor's forces pursue Shi: first a woman, then a general seek to overpower him with lust and might. Over the course of the film, the reds of battle give way to blues of meditation.

Narra la historia de cuatro familias cuyas vidas están llenas de amor, tragedia, magia e intensidad. De los campos devastados por la guerra en la China de principios de siglo a la actualidad de las calles de San Francisco, las esperanzas, sueños y triunfos de dos generaciones salen a la luz a través de los asombrosos acontecimientos que marcaron sus vidas.

The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, American prisoners of war and others) and how they lived or tried to survive the effects felt during the aftermath of the Atomic Bomb dropping by the Enola Gay at Hiroshima, during World War II.

In 1948, four young girls, daughters of Shanghai's elite, attending college in America find themselves unable to return after the Communists take Shanghai.

A teenage girl during Japanese occupation of Northeast China joins a group of bandits to get revenge after her friend is brutally gang-raped by the invaders.

Pekín, 1908. China se encuentra en plena decadencia. Puyi, un niño de tres años, es arrancado de los brazos de su madre. En medio de la noche es conducido hasta la Ciudad Prohibida, donde es coronado emperador, aunque tendrá que vivir recluido dentro de ese recinto inaccesible.

A private eye becomes the target of both a Chinese syndicate and the police during an investigation into the mysterious death of an old friend.

Lotus is a traditional Chinese woman with bound feet who must decide whether or not to bind her daughter Joy's feet. Her strict, but loving, mother-in-law insists that Joy's feet be bound in order to guarantee her a secure future. Lotus, for the first time in her life, does not blindly obey. She is further influenced by her good friend, Coral, a colorful performer with a traveling Cantonese opera troupe who openly challenges the outlawed custom. In the end, Lotus makes a decision which will change her daughter's life forever.

Lotus is a traditional Chinese woman with bound feet who must decide whether or not to bind her daughter Joy's feet. Her strict, but loving, mother-in-law insists that Joy's feet be bound in order to guarantee her a secure future. Lotus, for the first time in her life, does not blindly obey. She is further influenced by her good friend, Coral, a colorful performer with a traveling Cantonese opera troupe who openly challenges the outlawed custom. In the end, Lotus makes a decision which will change her daughter's life forever.

Adaptación cinematográfica del best seller de James Clavell. Ambientada a mitad del siglo XIX en plena colonización británica de la China, Tai Pan es un noble inglés especialista en el comercio del opio que intentará introducir sus mercancías utilizando el puerto franco de Hong Kong.

Sewing Woman chronicles the bittersweet journey of one woman's determination to survive: from an arranged marriage in old China to working class comforts in modern America.

Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. El exdetective privado Dashiell Hammett, un bebedor compulsivo con tuberculosis que se gana la vida escribiendo relatos pulp, recibe la inesperada visita de un viejo amigo que dice necesitar ayuda.

During the Vietnam War, Brian Anderson, a young Army medic, is stationed in Saigon. Initially apathetic and self-serving, he eventually has his heart won over by the children at a nearby orphanage where he does volunteer work. At first, a doctor named Katherine Cross has to persuade him to help the children. But soon, Brian willingly puts his career and safety on the line to provide the orphans with the food and medical supplies they need.

principios de los años 70, el americano Jack regenta un burdel en Singapur. Aunque la competencia es enorme y de métodos violentos, ha conseguido sobrevivir gracias a que la policía se deja sobornar. Pero la llegada de un nuevo inspector que se encarga de revisar sus libros de cuentas no hará más que agudizar sus graves problemas.

principios de los años 70, el americano Jack regenta un burdel en Singapur. Aunque la competencia es enorme y de métodos violentos, ha conseguido sobrevivir gracias a que la policía se deja sobornar. Pero la llegada de un nuevo inspector que se encarga de revisar sus libros de cuentas no hará más que agudizar sus graves problemas.

Susan Harris está sola en casa cuando, de repente, la puerta se cierra con llave, las ventanas se cierran de golpe y el teléfono deja de funcionar. Susan ha sido atrapada por un intruso… pero no se trata de un matón ordinario. No, el intruso es un ordenador llamado Proteus, un cerebro artificial que ha aprendido a razonar. Y a aterrorizar.

Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectively is overshadowed by the ever-present power of the Dowager Empress. When his attempts to reform the Imperial system are thwarted by the Dowager Empress, he attempts to curb her power. His efforts are not successful, and this failure leads directly to his own death and the end of Imperial rule in China. The Dowager Empress, though, ends her days comfortably and in peace.

This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tapestry of palace intrigues is vividly brought to the screen in this memorable epic.

El asesinato del propietario de un Museo de Cera incita a un investigador de la policía a determinar si el asesino es uno de los sospechosos que esperan tomar posesión del museo, o si Jack el Destripador ha regresado.

La Familia Yang, hombres y mujeres, habían servido a su país (del Norte Cantado) lealmente a través de largas generaciones. Durante la guerra con Xia Occidental, el General Yang Tsung Pao es presa de una emboscada y asesinado. Su muerte abandona a su único hijo, Yang Wen, como único heredero masculino de la Familia Yang. Su viuda, Mu Kuei Ying, la magnífica matrona y la familia entera intentan vengar su muerte y defender el país.

A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter.

After being accused of killing his friend, a man finds that he is being pursued by the real murderer.

Three prospectors divide and bury their gold to safeguard it from warring Apaches. Cue a series of double crosses, triple crosses, chases, and shoot-outs as greed drives the three men to murder and betrayal.

Durante la II Guerra Mundial, un soldado inglés es enviado junto a su compañía con el objetivo para destruir las vías de paso utilizadas por los japoneses. Pero las radicales acciones del oficial pronto se ganarán la enemistad de toda la población y de los dos guías locales contratados para ayudarle en su misión. (FILMAFFINITY)

Segunda Guerra Mundial, 1943. En una remota base militar de los aliados situada en China, la espera para entrar en combate resulta tremendamente tediosa. El capitán Cliff Brandon, un veterano piloto norteamericano se pasa las horas en la cantina. Una noche comete un grave error: comprar a una chica nativa como sirviente. (FILMAFFINITY)

Racers compete in a high-stakes rally along the famous Silk Road trade route.

Aware that her time is running short, irascible Wu family matriarch Lily (Lisa Lu) is eager to repair the strained relationship with her adult daughter Mary (Michelle Krusiec) and help her shy 18-year-old granddaughter Emma (Rochelle Ying) find her voice. As her final wish, she persuades longtime friend Charlotte (Joely Fisher), Emma and Emma’s best friend Karen (Tiffany Wu) to spring her from her L.A. nursing home and take a wild road trip up the California coast to a special place from her past. Along the way, long-held secrets are revealed and Mary and Emma each come to understand the painful choices their mothers made in this funny and touching multi-generational story about family, forgiveness and being true to oneself.