TUE JUN 6, 2023 10:00 PM THE RIVER $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Los Feliz 3 | Pre-recorded introduction by film critic Ryan Swen Rare 35mm print! ‘Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair – Year Two’ Tickets are no longer on sale for this event.
ABOUT THE FILM: In Mandarin with English subtitles Xiao-Kang shares a modern highrise apartment in Taipei with his parents, but the three of them rarely speak to each other and lead very separate lives. His mother, an elevator operator is having an unsatisfying affair. His father, now retired, visit’s the city’s gay saunas, while Xiao-Kang drifts through life without a job. Xiao – kang’s life suddenly changes when he develops a chronic neck ailment and his family seeks ways to cure it. THE RIVER is a metaphysical meditation on the anomie of modern urban life. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Leisure Time Features COUNTRY: Taiwan