November Films Update 1
Ten films I watched earlier this year **** 1. Bao A Chinese-Canadian woman is making bao, steamed buns. One comes to life as a child. She raises him, delighting in his miraculous appearance. He wants to go out to meet other children but she’s over-protective. He grows up, becoming more independent, eventually brining a girlfriend who he intends to leave with. When he goes to leave she eats the bun. She wakes from a dream and this turns out to be an allegorical dream. With patience she and her son reconcile and the film ends with her steaming buns with her son's fiancé, the family together again (at last?). A charming short film with lovely animation. Watch This: Cute and short animated drama Don’t Watch This: Too short to say anything of substance 2. Les Yeux Sans Visage ( Eyes Without A Face ) (1956) A body is dumped into a river outside Paris; Dr. Génessier identifies it as his daughter Christiane, despite the disfigured face. In fact it’s not her; she’s li...
