Next Tuesday at CAVIA (between the Anita and the Westergasfabrik) we present this film hot off the Hong Kong film screens...

TUESDAY DECEMBER 2nd

MAD DETECTIVE (2007)
Directed by Johnny To & Wai Ka Fai
89 minutes
In Cantonese with English subtitles

This years largest grossing Hong Kong film was the smash-hit Mad Detective and it is one of the freshest and most satisfying visits to the cinema in a decade....a tour-de-force demonstration of accepting standardized genres but breaking all the cinematic rules at the same time.

What's the story? Well I can at least give you the set up. Detective Bun (Lau Ching Wan) was recognized as a talented criminal profiler until he sliced off his right ear to offer as a gift at his chief\'s farewell party. After a stunt like that, guess what? He\'s been branded as mad and discharged from the police force, and has lived in seclusion with his beloved wife May ever since.

Nevertheless, Bun\'s madness comes with a power: the ability to see people\'s innermost desires, emotions, and mental state.. It\'sa talent that puts him back into action when the police encounter a particularly baffling case. The line between reality and fantasy bends in this surreal schizophrenic thriller that redefines the detective genre. I don't think I have ever seen a film that has charted that ambiguous twilight zone between madness and genius as brilliantly as this one.

The trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AL1fZqfvgA

Ciné INTERZONE - wouldn't you?
Filmhuis Cavia - Van Hallstraat 52-B
Time: 20:30

Location
Van Hallstraat 52-B, Amsterdam



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