Fate brings together three fascinating lost souls – a monk with a sack of money, an innkeeper with an uneasy conscience, and a father who’s lost his son – in young Chinese director Zeng Zeng’s mysterious tale of guilt, punishment and ambiguous redemption.
홍콩이 영국으로 넘어가던 시기, 엽문은 불산에서 내려와 홍콩에서 지내고있었다. 정식으로 도장을 차리진 않았지만 그의 주변엔 가르침을 받으려는 제자들이 모여들고, 엽문은 그들과 함께 영춘권을 연마하며 노년을 보낸다. 가족과 제자들을 아끼고 사랑하며, 조용히 살아가고 싶은 엽문. 그러나 그의 주변 인물들에게 얽혀 벌어지는 일들은 그를 결코 평화롭게 놔두지 않는다.
The boss played by Hong Jiantao is a "vulnerable man" who eats soft food. He lives in a bungalow and drives a luxury car. He looks like a wealthy man. In fact, these are all "countries" created by his wife. After the two experienced a seven-year itch, their marriage gradually broke down. Hong Jiantao secretly took Xiaosan outside, but was discovered by his wife, who hired a private detective to take pictures of the two men's affair, in order to coerce him to "cleanse and leave the house." In order to prevent his wife from grabbing the handle, Hong Jiantao hired a thief to steal the evidence from his wife. As a result, the thief was caught by the police during the theft, and the divorce that could have settled down became more and more troublesome in the end...
Hao Dong suffers from insomnia. One night he sees his neighbour across the street getting murdered. But when he arrives at the scene to investigate, the body has disappeared and the apartment turns out to be vacant. His girlfriend Yifan believes lack of sleep is playing tricks on his mind. Then he is witness to yet another murder, this time in his hometown of Nine Mile Village, and once again he appears to have imagined it all. Or is there something more going on? Does Hao Dong’s childhood in Nine Mile Village hold the key to this mystery?
라이의 오랜 꿈은 자기가 원하는 집을 사는 것이다. 드디어 꿈에 그리던 집을 계약 하기 직전 집주인으로부터 집 가격을 올려 달라는 통보를 받는다. 어떻게든 집을 사야 하는 라이는 누구도 상상치 못한 일을 계획한다. 실제 일어났던 사건을 토대로 한 작품으로 잔인성만큼은 타의 추종을 불허한다. (2010년 제15회 부산국제영화제)
Chie Jen-Hao's Gangster Rock is a lovable mess, though more mess than lovable. It's essentially about people realising fame and fortune isn't everything as long as they're alive and have options, and while there are plenty of ways to film this sort of thing - from the stunning low-key fantasy drama of Studio 4C's Princess Arete to the laid-back coming-of-age vignettes that pepper Hong Kong and Taiwanese cinema - you generally need a compelling cast of characters and at least a modicum of professionalism to pull it off. Gangster Rock has neither. There are two stories here. One plotline follows Hau (Leon Jay Williams, Jump), a small-time gangster not long out of prison after a shakedown gone horribly wrong led to the death of his then girlfriend. The other stars (collectively) Gangster, a group of musicians working the underbelly of Taipei's club scene, where industry sharks insist the two lead
