Lush Life

the fecund, the lush and the salted land waits for a harvest...her people...ripe with promise, wait until the next blowing season / 2022

In this lyrical and immersive installation by Deborah Jack, shots of lush orange pomegranates mix with the ocean, sky, and shoreline. Filmed by the artist around her mother's home on Saint Martin, these images appear alongside footage of salt mining from a 1948 Dutch documentary about the island. Pomegranates and salt, both emblems of death and rebirth, share a common legacy as commodities of the colonial economy in the region. Using movement, color, and time, Jack's installation serves as a condemnation of the destructive nature of economies based on resource extraction, as well as a reclamation of the Caribbean's visual and material cultures. Her work complicates fixed understandings of the Caribbean, offering an invitation into the myriad, shifting histories and identities held within the landscape itself.

A Lush Life / 2009

The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost his job, and several others whose lives become intertwined in various unexpected ways.

Romance on Lushan Mountain / 1980

The film tells the story about the daughter of a Nationalist general who revisits the famous summer resort Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province in 1980 and falls in love with the son of a senior general of the Chinese Communist Party.

Romance on Lushan Mountain 2010 / 2010

The classic film "Romance on Lushan Mountain" was a big hit in China in 1980. Thirty years later, leading actress Zhang Yu is delivering a sequel to fans, but this time as the director. Now let's take a closer look at Friday's premiere in Nanjing. It's just a peck on the cheek to filmgoers today, but that was the first kiss featured in a movie made after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Not only did it break a taboo on big screen intimacy, but it also made then-23-year-old actress Zhang Yu an idol throughout the country. Now, 30 years later, Zhang is back as the director presenting a sequel to the classic romance. She says the new film is out to explore the meaning of real love. Attaching 2010 to the original name, the new "Romance on Lushan Mountain" appeals to today's audiences. The film will be released across China on October 5th.

Lushfulness / 2020

A glance into the mirror encourages a young woman to gradually discover her carnality.

Lush Reeds / 2018

Newly married journalist Xia Yin moved into her husband's apartment. However, her not-so-sweet newlywed life, as well as the suicide of a colleague and the failure of her investigation to be published publicly ...... the dual frustrations of family and work, prompted Xia Yin to go to the countryside on the grounds of an interview assignment. In the countryside, Xia Yin met a little girl, Xiaoshu, who lived with her grandmother. Xiaoshu's spiritual and unconscious hypnosis allowed Xia Yin to glimpse the black hole deep inside herself, and this strange encounter in the countryside made her re-examine her situation.

Far-Away Home: Lushun and Dalian / 2011

Haneda Sumiko, documentary filmmaker who was born in Dalian, Manchuria in 1926 and was there to experience the conclusion of the Pacific War. Following her previous work , she revisits Dalian and Lushun, places where she spent her formative years. Lushun has served as an important naval port in modern times, and in 2009 was finally fully opened to foreigners. Haneda joined a tour organized as part of that opening, and delves into memoires as she visits the house where she grew up and the school she attended.

Love with the Ghost in Lushan / 1984

A vampire uses the soul of a pretty young girl to lure men into his clutches.

Memories of Lushun: 1904-1905 / 2016

The TV documentary "Lushun Memory 1904-1905" tells the history of the Russo-Japanese War, focused on the belligerents' struggle for Lushun (Port Arthur).

TV Novel: In Still Green Days / 2015

A drama depicting coming-of-age story of a woman during the turbulent time in the seventies.

La partita - La difesa di Luzhin / 20006.01 voti

Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.

For Love or Money / 2014

"For Love or Money" is based on a novel by Zhang Xiaoxian, which tells the moving story between a fallen noble lady and a rich heir to a large company. She’s broken and has lost the direction in life, whereas he chooses a life of poverty and freedom to pursue his passion as a painter. Together, will they be able to find themselves in this world of twists and turns before it’s too late?

Taipei Suicide Story / 20207.01 voti

A receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die.