Hai cercato: East Is East
East / 2015
A film inspired by real events in the Icelandic underworld. A young man has a one night stand with the former girlfriend of a violent criminal and is kidnapped by said criminal and his gang in an effort to blackmail him. When that doesn't work they decide to bring him to the countryside to the home of an old friend. There they proceed to torture the poor man...
Old East Side / 2006
Fast forwarding through Batang West Side.
Journey Of East / 2022
This tells the story of Lu Dong Bin, who was imprisoned in the mortal world. After arriving in the mortal world, he took a boat to find Bai Ying to break off their marriage. When he arrived at Bai's house, he found that Bai Ying's father was missing in Baihualou. So he sets off to Baihualou only to be met with a possessed Bai Ying and met with a sneak attack of Heijiao's men. After escaping from Baihualou, Lu Dong Bin met Taibai Jin Xing and learned that he was the reincarnation of Baihe Shang Xian. Heijiao in the past and present life is a catastrophe that scholars must go through, and there are also three lifetimes of love with Bai Ying.
East Meets West / 2011
Tens of millennia ago, eight gods who ceaselessly fought each other were exiled to earth. For generations, they have been reincarnated as mere mortals, and they won't be allowed back to heaven until they've learned to coexist in harmony. Then in today's Hong Kong, a mortuary beautician and her has-been singer dad are chased for a huge sum of money they don't owe. Turns out her materialistic stepmom has taken a tycoon's advance payment on the false promise of organizing a concert that she can't deliver. The family is therefore forced to go on the run, and along the way they meet an assortment of quirky people, including a mute baker, a kung fu cab driver, an aspiring musician and her crafty sidekick. Through a series of comic misadventures, the seven of them come to realize that they used to be gods and have a mission in this life, but...who is the eighth god that has yet to rejoin them?
East & West: Paradises Lost / 1993
In this quasi-semi-documentary, a Russian angel leads viewers in a quest to discover what, if anything, remains of the great, utopian "American Dream" now that the so-called "Worker's Paradise" dream of Russia has passed completely into oblivion. Along the way, real celebrities and working members the film community in Hollywood are interviewed, and a number of "types" are impersonated by actors. Some of the celebrities interviewed include Jacqueline Bisset, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and screenwriter Jonathan Lawton (the Pretty Woman script writer).
East, West, East: The Final Sprint / 2009
An amateur cycling team from Albania heads to France to take part in a tournament only to discover on the way that revolution has broken out back home.
The East Wind / 1975
Set in the mid-1950s when Tangier was still an international zone, El Chergui presents the city on the eve of its independence, as Aïcha resorts to magical practices to try to prevent her husband from taking a second wife. Around her, a society of women creates its own form of active resistance even as the larger independence movement grows around it. Through his unique use of montage, Smihi creates arresting images that present a society torn by the contradictions of colonialism, religion, patriarchy, and resistance. (Block Cinema)
Patrol in the East / 1971
The film traces the story of a patrol of the Algerian National Liberation Army (ALN), whose mission is to transport a prisoner French soldier to the Tunisian border. Through the march of this group of guerrillas we witness the spirit of sacrifice and combativeness of these men from the people. The patrol will be decimated, but a young peasant will take over and complete the mission.
Journey to The East / 2019
The Donghai Dragon Girl (Li Qinyao), who is in charge of Fenglin, lost her memory and turned into a fish. She unexpectedly met Han Xiangzi (Zhang Yuan) who had a long-term relationship with her. During their fantasy journey to help the Dragon Maiden "jump over the Dragon Gate", Han Xiangzi gradually realizes the true meaning of love and human righteousness, and travels east for a thousand years to live up to her deep love.
Orchard of the East / 2022
Bostan Al Sharq
East of Eden
Driven by her hatred of Shin Tae Hwan, the mine manager, a nurse switches his newborn son with the newborn son of Lee Ki Chul, a miner, and a chain of events is set in motion that will tear apart the lives of everyone involved.
A Tale from the East / 1990
The Little Princess and her bodyguard Jiang travel 200 years from the past to the present day. They are relentlessly pursued by the evil General Shea Hai, a vicious and seemingly indestructible puffy-faced Blood Devil demon who wants to get his hands on a magical pearl the Little Princess possesses. Sweet Kot-Yee, her fat, greedy brother Chu Tai-Lit, and two goofy electricians come to the aid of the Little Princess and Jiang.
When East Goes West / 1990
Lam Fei Hong (Bill Tung) goes through with his emigration plans and meets up with his son Michael (Lui Fong) in Canada. On the plane and subsequently when having landed, Uncle Lam makes sure Wong Yim-Chao (Ng Suet-Man) gets home safely to her Auntie Wong (Wong Wan-Si) but she believes someone has kidnapped Wong as she wasn't present at the airport. This triggers love/hate relationships but a tale between father and son where both have to find the one to settle down with. And they've just met them in actuality...
Courier to the East / 1991
Two former orphans tied their fate with the mafia. One died and the other was arrested in the Central Asian town.
East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton / 2009
Presented in 2 parts, this 83 minute piece documents Wieder-Atherton's idea to do a set of pieces from across central and eastern Europe, including Russia. Some weren't originally written for cello, but she had them transcribed. Some were songs for voices, which goes with Wieder-Atherton saying in an earlier film she made with Chantal Akerman that she aspires to play the cello in a way that it carries the specificity of emotion of the human voice. She explains at the beginning of both parts how she feels each country in the region has it's own personality expressed in its music, coming from its individual history and culture, but that each land in the area is also 'impregnated' as she puts it, by the others, so there are certain elements that run throughout.