Subgenre Sampler
Merantau (2009)- Dir. Gareth Evans
Feat. Iko Uwais - Indonesia's riposte to ONG–BAK stars newcomer Iko Uwais as a young man from a Jakarta tribe whose rite of passage via the big city exposes him…
Message, The (2009)- Dir. Kuo-fu Chen, Qunshu Gao
Feat. Bingbing Li, Xun Zhou, Zhiwen Wang… - Sino–Japanese tensions are foregrounded in this enthralling cat and mouse thriller, set in a clifftop mansion during the height of World War…
Micmacs (2009)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle… - The dir. of AMELIE and CITY OF LOST CHILDREN stays true to form(ula) with his visual chutzpah lavished upon another idealised scenario that this time…
Milk of Sorrow, The (La Teta Asustada) (2009)- Dir. Claudia Llosa
Feat. Magaly Solier, Susi Sanchez, Efrain Solis… - Beguiling allegorical drama with a young woman afflicted with a rare disease passed down through the breast milk of a rape victim.
Mother (2009)- Dir. Joon-ho Bong
Feat. Hye-ja Kim, Won Bin, Ku Jin - Cavalier Korean dir. Bong Joon–ho (THE HOST) contorts a regulation murder mystery, centred on a mother's campaign to clear her deadbeat son's…
Mulan (2009)- Dir. Jingle Ma, Wei Dong
Feat. Zhao Wei, Jaycee Chan - The legend of Mulan (previously tackled by Disney) is given the big screen treatment in this sweeping historical costume epic, a current specialty of…
Murderer (2009)- Dir. Roy Chow
Feat. Aaron Kwok, Ning Chang, Tam Chun Yat - Serial killer convention receives an enjoyable, shameless workout with this Hong Kong policier, centred on a police investigator framed for a series…
My Tehran for Sale (2009)- Dir. Granaz Moussavi
Feat. Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi - Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express…
No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)- Dir. Bahman Ghobadi
Feat. Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad - Unprecedented pseudo–documentary exploring Iran’s forbidden underground music scene, starring Tehranian rockers Negar Shaghaghi and Ashkan…
Ong-Bak 3 (2009)- Dir. Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai
Feat. Tony Jaa - Cliffhanger ending to the ONG–BAK legend sees Thai martial arts phenom Tony Jaa return to battle his arch nemesis (from Part II’s prequel…
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