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To LiveTo Live (1994)
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
An absorbing tale of Chinese peasantry in the dark shadow of politics over three decades. Distinguished by the star presence of Gong Li and her…
Torment (L'Enfer)Torment (L'Enfer) (1994)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Francois Cluzet
Based on an unproduced H.R. Clouzot screenplay from the 1950s, and not quite up to the standard of its follow–up, A JUDGEMENT IN STONE, but a…
Treasure HuntTreasure Hunt (1994)
Dir. Ricky Lau
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
CIA operative Chow Yun–Fat falls in love while on secret assignment at mainland Shaolin monastery. Bubble–headed romance with some action…
Wing ChunWing Chun (1994) Recommended
Dir. Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen
Martial–arts star Michelle Yeoh lends some charisma to a cotton–sugar tale of remote villagers plagued by robbers. In the title role Yeoh…
Yvonne's PerfumeYvonne's Perfume (1994)
Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Jean-Pierre Marielle, Hippolyte Girardot, Sandra Majani
A deserter from the Algerian war falls for the charms of a beautiful actress and her gay companion at a lakeside hotel for pensioners. The director…
A CrimeA Crime (Un Crime) (1993)
Dir. Jacques Deray
Feat. Alain Delon
Vintage courtroom vehicle for the ice cool Delon, sturdy in its workmanlike screenplay and no–nonsense attitude.
Accion MutanteAccion Mutante (1993) Recommended
Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Antonio Resines, Alex Angulo
A deformed terrorist group strike out against pretty society in this wildly irreverent satire that takes a gleeful turn into futuristic…
Bandit QueenBandit Queen (1993)
Dir. Shekhar Kapur
Feat. Seema Biswas
Far and away from the innocuous fluff that dominates India's film industry, comes this bold, controversial true story of Phoolan Devi, a notorious…
Barefoot Kid, TheBarefoot Kid, The (1993)
Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Aaron Kwok
Rites–of–passage, chop–socky style with lithe HK supernova Aaron Kwok as the eponymous hero whose inititation into manhood is…
Blue Kite, TheBlue Kite, The (1993)
Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
Feat. Tian Yi, Wenyao Zhang, Xiaoman Chen
Emotive and honest account of the realities of daily life under chairman Mao's regime as witnessed by one Beijing family from the 1950s through…

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