January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Do you want to see ‘The World’?
The Toronto Film Critics Association’s Best Foreign Language Film of 2005 has been chosen as BIFF’s January Film selection.
The World, by Chinese director Jia Zhangke, explores the daily loves, friendships and desperate dreams of the twenty-somethings from China’s remote provinces who arrive to live and work at Beijing’s World Park, a 115-acre facility that features 106 of the most famous sites from 14 countries and regions.
World Park features lavish shows performed amid scaled-down replicas of the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, St. Mark’s Square, the Pyramids and even the Twin Towers.
According to a press release, Zhangke pushes past the kitsch potential of this surreal setting from the film’s opening shot of a young dancer’s backstage quest for a Band-Aid to poetic flourishes of animation and clever use of text messaging.
The World will screen on Thursday January 19 at 7.30pm in the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
It will screen in Mandarin and Shanxi dialect with English subtitles.
“The World is widely considered the filmmaker’s funniest, most inventive and touching work to date,” BIFF Film Series director Clare Wood said in a press release.
Tickets to BIFF Film Nights are $8 for BIFF Film Club members, and $10 for non-members. Filmgoers can reserve tickets by e-mailing BIFF at [email protected], or by calling the BIFF office at 293-3456.
Tickets can be picked up at the BUEI from 6.30pm on the evening of the screening.[[In-content Ad]]
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