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Opening Night
In honor of the Festival’s 30th birthday, we return
to the downtown Mill Valley plaza for our Opening
Night Gala. Join us for wine, fine food and song,
with jazzsters Con Alma and deejayed tunes, and
hors d’oeuvres from Ora, E&O Trading Co., Robin
Scott Catering, Pizza Antica and Cocina Poblana.
With a glass of Raymond or Peter Paul wine in one
Lust, caution | CHINA/US 2007 158 MINS
Thursday, October 4, 6:30 pm
Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center
invited Guests: ang Lee, james schamus, joan chen, tang Wei
6:30 PM FILM AND GALA $125 LUST04P
6:30 PM FILM ONLY $25 LUST04R
Director Ang Lee Producers Bill Kong, Ang Lee, James Schamus Screenwriters Wang Hui
Ling, James Schamus Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto Editor Tim Squyres Cast Joan Chen,
Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Wang Lee Hom Print Source Focus Features
Oscar ® -winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain; The Ice Storm,
MVFF 1997) proves once again that his filmmaking excels in any genre; this
time he has chosen the erotic espionage thriller. Loyalties are spread thin in
Shanghai during World War II, as political tension mounts between Chinese
Nationalists and Japanese occupiers. For a young stage actress, Wong
(Tang Wei in an explosive debut performance), this tension comes to a boil
when she finds herself in a deadly game of espionage and sexual intrigue
with Mr. Yee (Tony Leung), a powerful political figure and Japanese
collaborator. Wong goes deep undercover to expose Yee, quickly earning
the trust of his neglected wife (Joan Chen)—while becoming the man’s
mistress. Based on a short story by acclaimed Chinese novelist Eileen
Chang, Lust, Caution smolders on the screen, revealing layers of emotion
and sexual desire in a thrilling tale that resonates deep within the human
heart. —Josh Moore
Note: This film is rated NC-17 and contains explicit sexual content. No
one under 18 admitted.
online | mvff.com
hand and something from Marin French Cheese
Company or Judy’s Breadsticks in the other . . . or
try some of the chocolate-covered fruit from “Take
a Dip” Fondue Fountains and Edible Arrangements.
Opening Night will please all your senses and set
the mood for the next ten days!
openinG niGht GaLa
Thursday, October 4, 9:30 pm–12:00 am
Lytton Plaza, Mill Valley
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the savaGes | US 2007 113 MINS
Thursday, October 4, 6:45 pm and 7:00 pm
CinéArts@Sequoia
invited Guests: Laura Linney, tamara jenkins
6:45 PM FILM AND GALA $125 SAVA04P
6:45 PM FILM ONLY $25 SAVA04S
7:00 PM FILM AND GALA $125 SAV204P
7:00 PM FILM ONLY $25 SAV204S
Director/Screenwriter Tamara Jenkins Producers Ted Hope, Anne Carey Cinematographer Mott
Hupfel Editor Brian A. Kates Cast Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco
Print Source Fox Searchlight
Two exceptional actors navigate the bumpy terrain of shifting familial
responsibility. Weighed down by family dysfunction and sibling rivalry, adult
siblings Wendy Savage (Laura Linney, MVFF Spotlight 2004) and her
brother, John (Philip Seymour Hoffman), become reluctant caretakers for
a man neither has spoken to for years, when their estranged father is
suddenly in need of long-term care. Options are limited, so John, a fortysomething
unmarried professor with a paunch and a passion for Bertolt
Brecht, checks their parent into a nursing home. Wendy, a neurotic
aspiring playwright who’s also single but sleeping with her older married
neighbor, is guilt-ridden over institutionalizing Dad—even if they are taking
better care of him than he ever did of them. From The Slums of Beverly
Hills to the nursing homes of Buffalo, director Tamara Jenkins’ films dwell
in the hot spots of family dramedy, where irony lives side by side with
misery. —Joanne Parsont
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