Sun March 15, 2015
La Salada (Juán Martin Hsu; Argentina, 2014).
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In Person / Juán Martin Hsu
Argentina’s bustling La Salada, an enormous discount market just outside of Buenos Aires, provides the nucleus for Juan Martin Hsu’s understated directorial debut. His ensemble cast includes Korean, Taiwanese, and Bolivian immigrants to Argentina, whose experiences converge and dance parallel to one another with equal parts poignancy and banality. Bruno, newly arrived from Bolivia, strikes up an unlikely friendship with his employer, successful Korean clothes vendor Mr. Kim. Huang sells pirated DVDs by day and by night longs for his native Taiwan. Hsu’s myopic view illuminates the painful middle ground that all immigrants inhabit, teetering between borders and across chasms.
• Written by Hsu. Photographed by Tebbe Schöningh. With Ignacio Huang, Yunseon Kim, Chang Sun Kim, Nicolás Mateo.
(92 mins, In Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean with English subtitles, Color, DCP)
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Argentina’s bustling La Salada, an enormous discount market just outside of Buenos Aires, provides the nucleus for Juan Martin Hsu’s understated directorial debut. His ensemble cast includes Korean, Taiwanese, and Bolivian immigrants to Argentina, whose experiences converge and dance parallel to one another with equal parts poignancy and banality. Bruno, newly arrived from Bolivia, strikes up an unlikely friendship with his employer, successful Korean clothes vendor Mr. Kim. Huang sells pirated DVDs by day and by night longs for his native Taiwan. Hsu’s myopic view illuminates the painful middle ground that all immigrants inhabit, teetering between borders and across chasms.
• Written by Hsu. Photographed by Tebbe Schöningh. With Ignacio Huang, Yunseon Kim, Chang Sun Kim, Nicolás Mateo.
(92 mins, In Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean with English subtitles, Color, DCP)
In Person / Juán Martin Hsu
Argentina’s bustling La Salada, an enormous discount market just outside of Buenos Aires, provides the nucleus for Juan Martin Hsu’s understated directorial debut. His ensemble cast includes Korean, Taiwanese, and Bolivian immigrants to Argentina, whose experiences converge and dance parallel to one another with equal parts poignancy and banality. Bruno, newly arrived from Bolivia, strikes up an unlikely friendship with his employer, successful Korean clothes vendor Mr. Kim. Huang sells pirated DVDs by day and by night longs for his native Taiwan. Hsu’s myopic view illuminates the painful middle ground that all immigrants inhabit, teetering between borders and across chasms.
• Written by Hsu. Photographed by Tebbe Schöningh. With Ignacio Huang, Yunseon Kim, Chang Sun Kim, Nicolás Mateo.
(92 mins, In Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean with English subtitles, Color, DCP)
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Argentina’s bustling La Salada, an enormous discount market just outside of Buenos Aires, provides the nucleus for Juan Martin Hsu’s understated directorial debut. His ensemble cast includes Korean, Taiwanese, and Bolivian immigrants to Argentina, whose experiences converge and dance parallel to one another with equal parts poignancy and banality. Bruno, newly arrived from Bolivia, strikes up an unlikely friendship with his employer, successful Korean clothes vendor Mr. Kim. Huang sells pirated DVDs by day and by night longs for his native Taiwan. Hsu’s myopic view illuminates the painful middle ground that all immigrants inhabit, teetering between borders and across chasms.
• Written by Hsu. Photographed by Tebbe Schöningh. With Ignacio Huang, Yunseon Kim, Chang Sun Kim, Nicolás Mateo.
(92 mins, In Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean with English subtitles, Color, DCP)
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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