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Ho Wi-ding (Tai pei hsing chi tien, Taiwan/Philippines/Japan/France 2009)
In this charming comedy, two Philippine immigrants who have come to Taipei lured by the promise of a better life are laboring under the strict regulations of the factory where they work. On their one day a week of freedom they come across a discarded red sofa. Determined to bring it back to their foreign workers dorm before curfew with no means of transportation, the two begin a humorously epic journey across town.
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Written by Ajay Balakrishnan, Ho Wi-ding. Photographed by Jake Pollock. With Bayani Agbayani, Epy Quizon, Alessandra de Rossi, Meryll Soriano (85 min. In Tagalog and Mandarin with subtitles, Changhe Films)
Saturday, October 15, 4:00 pm; Sunday, October 16, 7:00 pm
SF Film Society | New People Cinema
1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan)
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