Screen/Society--"Sheep Without a Shepherd" (Sam Quah, 2019)
Speaker(s):Introduced by Krista Van Fleit (Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Language, University of South Carolina)
Film screening:
"Sheep Without a Shepherd" (Sam Quah, 2019, 112 min, China, Mandarin, DCP)
- Introduced by Krista Van Fleit (Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Language, University of South Carolina)
A family man and film fanatic, Lee is forced to apply tricks he has learned from crime thrillers to cover up a killing committed by his wife and teenage daughter... a murder in which the victim is the only son of the local head of police (played by "Twin Peaks" star Joan Chen). This Chinese/Malay cat and mouse thriller has been a blockbuster hit across Asia.
"[A] loopy, stylized celebration of the kinds of byzantine, trap-laden suspensers that have delighted audiences from 'The Purloined Letter' through Hitchcock's wronged-man oeuvre and the career of M. Night Shyamalan." - Los Angeles Times
"'Sheep Without a Shepherd' is a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse with a wicked sense of humor and a genuinely surprising conclusion." - Lamplight Review
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