Handle me with care
by Kongdej JATURUNRUTSAMEE
Thailand 2008, road movie
A three-armed man and a big-breasted beauty coming from the countryside meet while traveling to Bangkok, trying to solve their problems. Their physical diversity, altough opposite, make them feel empathy and fall in love. Intelligent drama with a surreal twist.

The happy life
by LEE Joon-ik
South Korea 2007, drama
After the funeral of a friend, three men in their 40s get together to re-form the rock band of their youth and escape the problems of their ordinary life, no matter what their wives can say. Like an active volcano, after 20 years of rest they can still erupt their sheer passion and make a success. Fun.

Always – Sunset on third street – 2
by YAMAZAKY Takashi
Japan 2007, nostalgic melodrama
This is a sequel of what I think was the best movie at FEFF2006. The humble and yet extraordinary life of the same characters in the neighborhood of a post-war developing Tokio, with a constant feeling of great hope for a better world that’s coming. Moving, again.

Trivial matters
by PANG Ho-cheung
Hong-Kong 2007, episodes
Seven small episodes about nevrotic life and unimportant things. A self-amusing sequence of style exercises where the director tries to yield a good result with a very low budget, unfortunately with uneven outcome. Some episodes are great, some aren’t. Entertaining none the less.

A flower in hell
by Shin Sang-ok
South Korea 1958, drama
This year FEFF dedicated a retrospective to this Korean director of the 50s. This movie is interesting to see post-war South Korean life, with men stealing stuff from the American army warehouse and selling that on the black market while their gorgeous women sell themselves to the American soldiers. Unfortunately it’s 50 years old and nowadays it’s not easy to watch.

Mr Cinema
by Samson Chiu
Hong-Kong 2007, nostalgic drama
Released to celebrate the 10th anniversary after handover to the Chinese government, this movie describes life in HK in the last 40 years, following economic booms and recessions, political struggle and society changes revolving around the humble but proud family of a projectionist. A little propaganda but not bad.

In the pool
by MIKI Satoshi
Japan 2005, comedy
In a sequence of surreal and comic situations a manager that has to swim in a pool to defend against stress, a men with a constant erection and journalist affected by anxiety are the three improbable patients of an even crazier psychiatrist fond of leopard-print shirts. Crazy fun.