• Movie name in Serbian: На млијечном путу
• Directed by: Emir Kusturiča
• Written by: Emir Kusturiča
• Starring: Monica Bellucci, Emir Kusturica, Sloboda Micalovic
• Release date: 2016
• Country: Serbia
• Language: Serbian
• Running time: 125 minutes
About the film
On the Milky Road is a 2016 film directed by Emir Kusturica, based on his segment in the anthology film Words with Gods. The film is a three part narrative following selected critical periods in the life of a man and his country. The difficult period of being at war, blooming days when he falls in love with a woman who is willing to sacrifice all to save him and final days as a reclusive monk looking back on his turbulent past.
About the story
Spring in wartime. Each day a milkman crosses the frontline on a donkey, dodging bullets to bring his precious wares to the soldiers. Blessed with good fortune on his mission, loved by a beautiful villager, a peaceful future seems to await him... until the arrival of a mysterious Italian woman turns his life upside down. Thus begins a story of passionate, forbidden love that will plunge them both into a series of fantastic and dangerous adventures. They have been joined by fate, and nothing and no one seems able to stop them...
About the award
This film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.
• Directed by: Lu XueChang
• Written by: Lu XueChang
• Starring: Ge You, Ding Jiali, Li Bin
• Release date: 2003
• Country: China
• Language: Mandarin
• Running time: 100 minutes
About the film
The film follows a blue-collar worker in Beijing as he attempts to acquire a dog license in 18 hours for his beloved unlicensed Cala. This film was co-produced by the successful film director Feng Xiaogang.Though a comedy, Cala, My Dog! moves at a subdued pace. Despite this, during its world premiere in Berlin, sales agents from Celestial Pictures billed the film as a more zany, traditional comedy.
About the story
The humdrum existence of a Beijing factory worker and his family is disrupted when their beloved dog is confiscated by the police for being unlicensed. The worker has less than one day to raise the sizable sum required to pay the license fee.
About the award
At the 27th Golden Rooster Award in China, this film was nominated for Best Actor and Recording.
• Movie name in Japanese: 海よりもまだ深く
• Directed by: Hirokazu Koreeda
• Written by: Hirokazu Koreeda
• Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi
• Release date: 2016
• Country: Japan
• Language: Japanese
• Running time: 117 minutes
About the film
After the Storm is a 2016 Japanese family drama film written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. The theme of the film, according to one critic, is that "you can’t always have the life you want, or be who you want to be".
About the story
Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely meet ends and pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother Yoshiko seem to be moving on with her life with hobbies with the local elderly ladies. Ryota tries to renew contact with his beautiful ex-wife Kyoko and in a stormy summer night sheltered at his mother's home with his family he attempts to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son Shingo. Ryota reaches an understanding on his family life and uses the chance to bond with his son and tries to make memorable experiences he had with his father as a child with his son before time and place for it passes over.
About the award
This film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for Best Cinematography at the 11th Asian Film Awards.
该片在2009年第46届台北金马影展中获得最佳剧情片、最佳导演等7项提名，并最终获得了最佳男主角、最佳改编剧本等两项大奖。
• Directed by: Guan Hu
• Written by: Guan Hu
• Starring: Huang Bo, Yan Ni, Gao Hu
• Release date: 2009
• Country: China
• Language: Chinese/Japanese
• Running time: 109 minutes
About the film
A black comedy, Cow takes place during the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A villager, played by Huang Bo, has been entrusted to care for a Dutch cow when a Japanese attack leaves him and the cow the only survivors.
About the story
A bumbling villager, Niu'er, is charged with caring for a Dutch cow, considered an object of awe to the village given its larger size and ability to produce large amounts of milk, they forced Niu'er to take care of the cow, when the village head and members of 8th Route Army members that holds out the village before retreating. When the village is bombed by the Japanese, Niu'er flees from his home, only to return to devastation and a mass grave, containing all villagers killed by a Japanese unit, including Niu'er's love, Jiu. The cow, however, has survived, and the two make their way across the landscape, although they return to the village, just holding on, avoiding Japanese troops, hungry survivors and mountain bandits before eventually meeting with the Communist 8th Route Army.
About the award
In 2009, this film was nominated for seven awards including Best Drama, Best Director and so on at the 46th Golden Horse Awards and won Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.