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Jacky (2000)
Director: Hu Fow-Pyng, Brad Ljatifi
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A little too oblique for its own good, this modest indie feature from two first-time directors (of Chinese and Yugoslav descent respectively) usefully counters the feel good tone of most Asian-American movies about the immigrant experience. Hu himself plays the title character, an unassertive 25-year-old stuck in boring Eindhoven who trundles refreshment trolleys up and down Dutch trains. Ordered to marry by his tough-old-bird mother, Jacky finds himself sharing an Amsterdam apartment with a mail-order bride from China (Wu). But he also passively accepts the friendship of an opera queen (Guo) - until his mother intervenes. Composed of short and often wordless scenes, the film seems to have more subtext than text.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Hu Fow-Pyng, Brad Ljatifi
Producer: Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel
Cast: Hu Fow-Pyng, Eveline Wu, Gary Guo, Zhou Xuanwei, Toh Jian-Pau full cast
Duration: 77 mins
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