HHH-Portrait de Hou Hsiao-Hsien

1997 | France | Color | 91 min.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien is one of Taiwan’s most influential late-20th-century filmmakers. This documentary offers an in-depth look at his life and fascinating career. His friend and colleague Olivier Assayas and a camera crew follow Hou through Taipei and into the countryside while the filmmaker shows Assayas where he was raised. Taiwanese film critic Chen Kuo-Fu gives his own insight into his country’s cinema and Hou’s place within it.

Direction: Assayas, Olivier

Script: Assayas, Olivier

Country: France

Production: Carniaux, Xavier | Chiau, Peggy

Production Company: Audiovisuel Multimedia International Productions (amip)

Photography: Gautier, Eric

Edition: Lecoeur, Marie

Sound: Flageollet, William

Cast: Hsiao-hsien, Hou | Kuo-fu, Chen | T’ien-wen, Chu

Year of participation at FICM:
2010

Films by the same director presented at FICM:

Paris, je t´aime (2006) Carlos (2010) Clean (2004) Demonlover (2002) Irma Vep (1996) Sentimental Destinies (2000) Cold Water (1994) Summer Hours (2008) El dorado (2008) Something in the Air (2012) Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) Summer Hours (2008) Cold Water (1994) Personal Shopper (2016) Irma Vep Late August, Early September

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