Athens International Film Festival
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A TOUCH OF ZEN | XIA NÜ


TAIWAN, HONG KONG | 1971 | COLOR | DCP | 180’ | MANDARIN

In 14th century medieval China a mysterious stranger pays a young artist a visit, asking him to paint his portrait. In reality he is a State agent looking for a female fugitive, whom the young man is in love with. A deadly hunt begins. King Hu’s film cannot be described; it is delightfully experienced in all its analogue glory. Maybe the swiftest long duration feature film ever made, without ever giving in to visual noise. Instead Hu engrafts cinema, absorbs almost every technique, threads his way with his camera brilliantly among monks and warriors, edits the most organized frenzy wuxia ever saw and gives us a breakthrough film dedicated to the genre, its scholars and its aficionados. I.D.

DIRECTOR: King Hu
SCREENWRITER: King Hu
DoP: Hui-Ying Hua
MUSIC: Ta Chiang Wu
EDITORS: King Hu, Chin-Chen Wang
PRINCIPAL CAST: Hsu Feng, Shih Chun, Pai Ying, Roy Chiao



        : Tribute to Scala

        THE WARRIORS

        THE WARRIORS

        28/09/2023, 22:30, ASTY

        DEAD RINGERS

        DEAD RINGERS

        29/09/2023, 19.30, IDEAL

        TAXI TO THE TOILET | TAXI ZUM KLO

        TAXI TO THE TOILET | TAXI ZUM KLO

        29/09/2023, 00:00, ASTY

        OUT OF THE BLUE

        OUT OF THE BLUE

        30/09/2023, 22:30, ΙDEAL

        KISS ME DEADLY

        KISS ME DEADLY

        01/10/2023, 17.00, DANAOS 1

        SCALA!!! OR, THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD'S WILDEST CINEMA AND HOW IT INFLUENCED A MIXED-UP GENERATION OF WEIRDOS AND MISFITS

        SCALA!!! OR, THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD'S WILDEST CINEMA AND HOW IT INFLUENCED A MIXED-UP GENERATION OF WEIRDOS AND MISFITS

        02/10/2023, 20:00, ASTY

        MS .45

        MS .45

        02/10/2023, 22:30, ASTY

        VARIETY

        VARIETY

        03/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY

        BLOOD AND BLACK LACE | 6 DONNE PER L’ASSASSINO

        BLOOD AND BLACK LACE | 6 DONNE PER L’ASSASSINO

        04/10/2023, 22:30, ASTY

        IMMORAL TALES | CONTES IMMORAUX

        IMMORAL TALES | CONTES IMMORAUX

        05/10, 22:00, ΑΣΤΥ

        THUNDERCRACK!

        THUNDERCRACK!

        06/10/2023, 00:00, ASTY

        THE SHOUT

        THE SHOUT

        07/10/2023, 18.00, ASTY

        THE TENANT | LE LOCATAIRE

        THE TENANT | LE LOCATAIRE

        07/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL