2008 LVHIFF GOOD CATS
Narrative Feature Competition | U.S. PREMIERE
The name of the film is taken from reformist politician Deng Xiaoping's principle that it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white -- as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. The ends justifying the means mentality paints a picture of modern-day China tainted by a money-hungry rat race. GOOD CATS follow the irresponsible life of the main protagonist; a chauffeur for the head of a real-estate agency, while showing the changes that rapid urbanization has brought to Sichuan. In the director's vision, human existence is dominated by impalpable paradoxes, and day-to-day life is permeated with surreal events playing out on the border between reality, absurdity and hallucination.
China 2008 | Mandarin w/ English subtitles | 103 min.
Director: Ying Liang
Cast: Luo Liang, Peng Deming, Liu Xiaopei
Sunday, October 12, 2008 at 2:30 PM
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