"Six of the 20 films competing for the top prize at this year's
fest are from Asian filmmakers"
""Spring Fever," by China's Lou Ye; vampire morality tale "Thirst
" by South Korea's Park Chan-wook; and revenge thriller "
Vengeance" by Hong Kong's Johnnie To. Other Asian films competing
for the prize are graphic crime shocker "Kinatay" by Brillante
Mendoza of the Philippines, and "Visage," the story of a
Taiwanese director trying to make a movie in Paris, by Taiwan's
Tsai Ming-Liang. Taiwan-born Ang Lee, who brought "The Ice Storm
" to Cannes in 1997, is back with U.S.-set hippie homage "Taking
Woodstock"
For more about Asian films market: http://www.festival-cannes.fr
/en/readResonnances/56648.html
- Festival de Cannes - Du 13 au 24 mai 2009
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