Remember, Tuesday Night is IMAGINING ARGENTINA at the Signature Dole Cannery 18 Theatres! Catch this exclusive screening courtesy of HIFF TUESDAY NIGHT SCREENINGS!

IMAGINING ARGENTINA
October 5, 2004
USA/Spain/Argentina, 2003
Directed by Christopher Hampton
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DAYS OF BEING WILD
October 12, 2004
Hong Kong, 1991, 94 min., Cantonese with English subtitles
Directed by Wong Kar Wai

Set in 1960, the film center of the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. One is a quiet lass who works at a sport arena named Su Lizhen, while the other is a glitzy showgirl named Mimi. Perhaps due to his unresolved Oedipal issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. As Lizhen slowly confides her frustration to a cop named Tide, he falls for her. The same is true for Yuddy's friend Zeb, who falls for Mimi. Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother's whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines. DAYS OF BEING WILD, considered one of Wong Kar Wai's best films, finally is released in the US. The film stars the late Leslie Cheung and Maggie Cheung, who will be honored at this year's LVHIFF with an Achievement in Acting Award. Don't miss this seductive film!

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SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS
October 19, 2004
Canada, 2003, French with English subtitles
Directed by Jean-François Pouliot

SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS is a beguiling story of a ragtag fishing community on a tiny, impoverished island who must persuade a young Montreal-based doctor (David Boutin)  to live in their town in order to get a much-needed new factory.

SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS (“La Grande Séduction”) has the rare distinction of being selected for Sundance (Audience Award Winner, World Cinema), Cannes (Closing Night, Director’s Fortnight) and Toronto (Special Presentation).  In French Canada, it grossed over eight million dollars, topping even The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix Reloaded, Pirates of the Caribbean and fellow home grown hit The Barbarian Invasions.  It went on to be nominated for thirteen Jutra Awards (French-Canada’s Oscar), winning seven, and recently was nominated for eleven Genie Awards (Canadian Oscar).

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