MFAH Film Houston Premieres: The Assassin (Nie Yinniang)
- When
- November 27, 2015
- Where
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston – Brown Auditorium
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston,TX 77006 - Cost
- $2 - $1001
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents another in its Houston Premieres series. Enjoy these critically acclaimed, award-winning international films as they make their Houston debut!
The Assassin (Nie Yinniang)
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
2015, in Mandarin with English subtitles
Taiwan/China/Hong Kong/France
105 minutes, DCP
Master filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien won Best Director at Cannes for this lavishly told tale, which occurs in the 9th century when China is being torn apart militarily. Y
inniang (Shu Qi) was abducted as a child and lives in the countryside. Trained as an unrivaled practitioner of the martial arts, she is sent back to her hometown of Weibo on a mission of vengeance.
The British Film Institute’s Sight & Sound says The Assassin “takes control of the wuxia period with a Tang dynasty martial-arts fable of mysterious and revelatory command.”
Community partners: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston; Taiwan Academy of TECO in Houston
