Keyword 'Modernity'

Beautiful New World - Meili xin shijie  (Flyer) Beautiful New World - Meili xin shijie
Runjiu ShiChina – 1999

Goddess of 1967, The (Flyer) Goddess of 1967, The
Clara LawAustralia – 2000

A Japanese man searches the internet looking for his dream car, a 1967 Citroen DS (in French: Déesse, or "Goddess") . He locates one in Australia and travels there to buy it. Upon his arrival he finds the seller dead. A 17 year-old blind girl tells him she can take him to find the real owner.

Goodbye South, Goodbye - Nanguo zaijian, nanguo (Flyer) Goodbye South, Goodbye - Nanguo zaijian, nanguo
Hsiao-hsien HouTaiwan – 1996

This movie gives us a glimpse at life in northern Taiwan. The main person is Kao, a 37-years-old man who has constantly to solve problems created by his younger brother Flat Head and his girlfriend Pretzel. As a non-stop schemer, Kao devises a plan to raise money by trading subsidized pigs to the government for cash.

Hong meigui bai meigui - Red Rose, White Rose (Flyer) Hong meigui bai meigui - Red Rose, White Rose
Stanley KwanHong Kong – 1990

Nahja no mura - Nadjas village (Flyer) Nahja no mura - Nadjas village

In the early morning of 26 april 1986 the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl exploded. Before this catastrophe, the land in this part of Belarus was fertile and under cultivation. Right after the explosion a strong wind blew the radioactivity through the whole area and transformed the ground into contaminated and dead land.

Ta Dona (Flyer) Ta Dona
Adamo DraboMali – 1991

Ta dona is the story about a young forest ranger and his life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s. He's a young Bambara man, an employee in Mali's Ministry of Rivers and Forests, searching for an ancient herbal remedy for childbirth, a plant with mythical healing powers.

Vacances au pays (Flyer) Vacances au pays