The Sandwich Man

This 3-part film captures the onset of liberal economy reflected in the lives of 3 ordinary people. In the first part, a father of a family makes a living as a walking advertisement. In the second part, youths traffic in hard-to-get American products. The protagonist of the third part is a basket of imported apples received as a compensation from the American army. The film is based on short stories by the leading modernist writer Huang Chung-Ming and the screenplay was written by the key author of the so-called New Taiwanese Film, Wu Nien-Jen. The social criticism and portrayal of a person face to face with new ways of life keeps the film alive even today.

Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1947), Wan Ren (1950), *Roy Tang *(1947)
Hau Hsiao-Hsien first attracted attention as the leading figure of the resurrection of Taiwanese film in the mid 80-ies. His films, some of which are presented at Filmasia, made him one of the most respected current world directors. Wan Ren and Roy Tang shot films mostly in the 80-ies of the past century and are no longer active in the field of feature films.