The Great Buddha+

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Director:Huang Hsin-Yao
Length:102 minutes
Genre:Drama

The Great Buddha+

Dafo pulasi; r. Huang Hsin-Yao, 2017, OV (minnan) + AT + eST | Taiwanská sezóna; Huang Hsin-Yao, 2017, versions: OR,SS,ES,

Taiwanese season | introduction: Kristina Aschenbrenner

Director: Huang Hsin-Yao

The fiction debut of documentarian Huang Hsin-Yao is a black comedy, as well as a tribute of sorts to Hitchcock’s Rear Window. The stars of the film are a bronze statue of the Buddha, Pickle, the night watchman in the factory where it’s being made, and Belly Button, a rubbish collector and casual worker. Their miserable routine is interrupted when their TV starts acting up. They find a suitable replacement in dashboard camera recordings from the factory owner’s car, where you see what’s happening in front of the car, but hear what’s happening on the inside. And so they learn of the journeys and adventures of Pickle’s boss – among other things. Earning prizes including five Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Chinese Language Film from the Two Coasts, the film is an adaptation of the director’s short film The Great Buddha, released concurrently with the iPhone 6+; hence the “plus” in its name.

(Art Film Fest Košice, 2018)

The Slovak e-Subtitles have been provided by ART FILM FEST Košice. Thank you!

Length: 102 min

Year: 2017

Country of origin:

  • Taiwan

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles

Taiwanese season | introduction: Kristina Aschenbrenner

Director: Huang Hsin-Yao

The fiction debut of documentarian Huang Hsin-Yao is a black comedy, as well as a tribute of sorts to Hitchcock’s Rear Window. The stars of the film are a bronze statue of the Buddha, Pickle, the night watchman in the factory where it’s being made, and Belly Button, a rubbish collector and casual worker. Their miserable routine is interrupted when their TV starts acting up. They find a suitable replacement in dashboard camera recordings from the factory owner’s car, where you see what’s happening in front of the car, but hear what’s happening on the inside. And so they learn of the journeys and adventures of Pickle’s boss – among other things. Earning prizes including five Golden Horse Awards and the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Chinese Language Film from the Two Coasts, the film is an adaptation of the director’s short film The Great Buddha, released concurrently with the iPhone 6+; hence the “plus” in its name.

(Art Film Fest Košice, 2018)

The Slovak e-Subtitles have been provided by ART FILM FEST Košice. Thank you!

Year: 2017

Country of origin:

  • Taiwan

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles