PMA Films

PMA Films and the Chinese American Friendship Association of Maine are proud to present a weekend featuring some of the most celebrated arthouse films from China in a rare chance to see them on a big screen.

PMA Films and the Chinese American Friendship Association of Maine are proud to present a weekend featuring some of the most celebrated arthouse films from China in a rare chance to see them on a big screen. The movies include Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018), Shadow (2018), Ash Is Purest White (2018), and One Child Nation (2019). Not rated. Various running times. In Chinese and other languages with subtitles.

With SHADOW, director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) once again pushes the boundaries of wuxia action to create a film like no other, masterfully painting a canvas of inky blacks and greys punctuated with bursts of color from the blood of the defeated. In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a “shadow”, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself.  Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.

Directed by: Zhang Yimou
Run time: 115 min
Rated: NR
In Mandarin with English subtitles