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The Great Buddha+

Dàfó Pǔlāsī
dir. Huang Hsin-yao
Taiwan 2017, 102’
subtitles: Polish and English

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Polish premiere
Screenings with audiodescription and SDH subtitles
Theatrical Screenings
Fr 13 Nov, 18:30
Kinomuzeum
Kinomuzeum
Su 15 Nov, 14:45
Kinoteka 1
Kinoteka 1
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Łódź (12–15 Nov).
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Wrocław (12–15.11)
Film also presented during the festival showcase in Poznań (19–22.11)
Online Availability
10 Nov, 10:00 – 6 Dec
Additional Materials
Awards and festivals
World premiere: Taipei Film Festival 2017 Golden Horse Awards 2017 - Best New Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Film Score, Best Original Film Song Taipei FF 2017 - Grand Prize, Best Narrative Feature, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Art Direction, International New Talent Competition Audience Choice Award Toronto IFF 2017 - NETPAC Award Asian Film Awards 2018 - Best Sound Hong Kong Film Awards 2018 - Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan Taiwan's submission for the 91st Academy Awards (Best Foreign Language Film)
Credits
Taiwan 2017
Duration: 102’
director: Huang Hsin-yao
screenplay: Huang Hsin-yao
cinematography: Nagao Nakashima
editing: Lai Hsiu-hsiung
music: Lin Sheng-xiang
cast: Cres Chuang, Bamboo Chen, Leon Dai, Na Dow
producer: Yeh Ju-feng, Chung Mong-hong
production: MandarinVision, Cream Production
language: Taiwanese, Mandarin
colouration: b&w
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Film description

Pickle works the night shift as a security guard at a factory manufacturing Buddha statues. His friend Belly Button spends his days collecting scrap for recycling. In the evenings, they huddle in the guard booth: eating junk food, flipping through porn magazines, and watching dashcam footage from Pickle’s boss to kill time. One night, they stumble across something they were never meant to see – a discovery that alters their lives forever.

The Great Buddha+ takes an irreverent look at spirituality and religion with unapologetic humour. In this Buddhist buddy movie, two friends become hooked on voyeurism, while increasingly disturbing dashcam footage creates the impression that reality itself has fallen under the gaze of an all-seeing (divine) eye. Transcendence, however, takes an exceptionally cynical form here.

Previously unreleased in Poland, Huang Hsin-yao’s cult black comedy holds up a stark mirror to a world saturated with impunity and driven by the violent logic of late capitalism. Huang’s debut proved a surprise sensation, earning 11 nominations at the 2017 Golden Horse Awards and winning in five categories.

text:
Łukasz Mańkowski

Huang Hsin-yao

Born in 1973, Taiwanese director known for his satirical tone, dark humor, and distinctive visual aesthetic. Primarily a documentary filmmaker, his most notable works include the award-winning documentaries Bluffing, Nimbus, and Taivalu. A major breakthrough in his narrative fiction came with his 2014 short film The Great Buddha, which he expanded in 2017 into his feature directorial debut, The Great Buddha+. The film earned critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the Golden Horse Award for Best New Director.

Filmography:

2005 Hóo-lân sann-sió / Bluffing (dokument)

2009 Dài shuǐ yún / Nimbus (dokument)

2010 Shěn méi zhī dǎo / Taivalu (dokument)

2013 Ālǐ bābā / A-li 88 (dokument)

2017 Wielki Budda+ / Dàfó Pǔlāsī / The Great Buddha+

2018 Yìn yàng bái lěng zhèn / Contact Prints of Baileng Canal (dokument)

2020 Tóngxué mài nà sī / Classmates Minus

2022 Běi jiāng qī / A Silent Gaze (dokument)

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Huang Hsin-yao

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