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2008/09 Season

MOUNTAIN PATROL

China/Hong Kong 2004 (15) 90 minutes Directed by Chuan Lu

Hollywood Film Theatre - 13 October 2008 - 7.30pm The Tibetan antelope is being hunted to extinction for its wool, and a journalist joins one of the poorly funded patrols charged with apprehending poachers. This stunning film not only weaves a powerful drama out of real events and situations; it does so in spite of the harshest production conditions. AUDIENCE COMMENTS: Thought provoking. Leaves me speechless at the selflessness of people who have so little except on love of native; I was with the group all the way. The intimacy of the photography was amazing. Such wonderful faces and incredible scenery; An outstanding film in every respect, not least in depicting nobility and dignity of purpose; The lives of the patrol, on the evidence of the film, were nasty, brutish and short; Beautiful camera work, scenery and music.

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