HSIMENG RENSHENG

Hsiao Hsien HOU
  • 1993
  • In Competition
  • Feature Films
Jury Prize (Ex-aequo) 1993

Li Tien Lu is the world’s most famous puppet master. Born in Taïwan on the wake of World War I, he lived through the Japanese occupation, and American bombings of his country. Now eighty-four, reflects on the forces that shaped his life: “My hands breathed life into my puppet figures. I created them and directed the drama of their fates, almost as though I were God himself. But the reality is that, with someone above me pulling the strings, I, too, am a mere puppet…”

Directed by : Hsiao Hsien HOU
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 142

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BAWANG BIEJI

Kaige CHEN

BODY SNATCHERS

Abel FERRARA

BROKEN HIGHWAY

Laurie MC INNES

DOUBA-DOUBA

Alexandre KHVAN

FALLING DOWN

Joel SCHUMACHER

FIORILE

Paolo TAVIANI, Vittorio TAVIANI

FRAUDS

Stephan ELLIOTT

FRIENDS

Elaine PROCTOR

KING OF THE HILL

Steven SODERBERGH

LA SCORTA

Ricky TOGNAZZI

LIBERA ME

Alain CAVALIER

LOUIS, ENFANT ROI

Roger PLANCHON

MA SAISON PRÉFÉRÉE

André TÉCHINÉ

MAGNIFICAT

Pupi AVATI

MAZEPPA

BARTABAS

NAKED

Mike LEIGH

SPLITTING HEIRS

Robert M. YOUNG

THE PIANO

Jane CAMPION