HIFFFILMS 28TH LOUIS VUITTON HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
THE CHASER
SPOTLIGHT ON KOREA | HAWAII PREMIERE
Jung Ho, an ex-cop, turned pimp, is driving around Seoul, looking for one of his missing girls, Mi Jin. Suddenly, he
dents a car in the alley. When he spots blood splattered on the driver’s shirt, he senses the man, Young Min (Ha
Jeong Woo) may have Mi Jin captive. After an intense foot chase, Jung Ho catches Young Min. But because of
Jung Ho’s pretense as a cop, they are both taken to the police station. The deranged Young Min bluntly confesses
he has killed many women, including Mi Jin. As the police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses,
Jung Ho is the only one who believes Mi Jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without
a warrant, Jung Ho’s search begins. Be warned, this film is very graphic, of the SE7EN kind. – Anderson Le
SOUTH KOREA 2008 | KOREAN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 126 MIN.
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Director: Hong-jin Na; Cast: Yun-seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo
OC 10 10:30PM DOL
TOKYO GORE POLICE | THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD
CHERRIES
NEW CHINESE CINEMA | WORLD PREMIERE
The narrative of CHERRIES revolves around the eponymous main character, a mentally handicapped woman
married to a lame farmer in Yunnan in the early 1980s. Cherry longs to have a child, and when she stumbles
upon an abandoned baby girl one night, her dream seems to have come true. Her husband, however, is not
so enthralled and quickly finds himself locked out of Cherry’s affections. This beautifully-shot film effectively
draws viewers into a haunting, emotionally complex story from a side of Chinese life most of us only ever
glimpse through a passing bus window.
– Dan Edwards
CHINA 2007 | MANDARIN W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 93 MIN.
Director: Zhang Jiabei; Cast: Miao Pu
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FOLLOW YOUR HEART | SHI QI
OC 12 6:15PM 13 2:30PM DOL
CHERRY BLOSSOMS — HANAMI KIRSCHBLUETEN — HANAMI
EUROPEAN SHOWCASE | U.S. PREMIERE
A story of selfless love that is also a poetic journey into the meaning of life itself. Trudi is the only one who
knows that her husband is terminally ill with cancer. When his doctor suggests that the couple undertake
one last trip together, Trudi persuades her husband to accompany her to visit her children and grandchildren
in Berlin. However, the members of their family are far too wrapped up in their own lives to be able to take
care of the couple. Out of the blue, Trudi dies, and Rudi is at a loss. He has no idea what to do, until he
decides to go to Japan to visit their youngest son, Karl.
GERMANY, FRANCE 2008 | ENGLISH, GERMAN, JAPANESE W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 127 MIN.
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10 8:15
Director: Doris Dorrie; Cast: Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Nadja Uhl, Maximillian Brueckner, Aya Irizuki
OC PM 11 9 : 15 PM DOL
DEPARTURES | SHI QI
THE CHICKEN, THE FISH AND THE KING CRAB
EL POLLO, EL PEZ Y EL CANGREJO REAL
EUROPEAN SHOWCASE | HAWAII PREMIERE
Founded by legendary chef Paul Bocuse, the Bocuse d'Or competition is pretty much the Olympics of haute
cuisine, bringing 24 virtuoso chefs from around the world to a sports arena in Lyon, France every other year.
The competitors have five and a half hours to prepare 12 portions of two complete meals. The chefs repre-
sent not only themselves, but their nations-and by extension, their national cuisines. Spain's 20-year victory
drought is something of a national thumb in the eye, especially since San Sebastian alone boasts of having
more Michelin-starred restaurants per square kilometer than any other place in the world. This documentary
follows master chef Jesus Almagro as he seeks to bring the Bocuse d'Or home to Spain.
SPAIN 2007 | FRENCH, SPANISH W/ ENGLISH SUBTITLES | 86 MIN.
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Director: Jose Luis Lopez- Linares PRESSURE COOKER | CHERRY BLOSSOMS
OC 11 2:30PM DOL
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