Directed by:
Thom FitzgeraldCinematography:
Thomas M. HartingCast:
Lucy Liu, Stockard Channing, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Chloë Sevigny, Shawn Ashmore, Chin Han, Roc LaFortune, Aubert Pallascio, Jessie Gabe, Catherine Colvey (more)Plots(1)
In the first of three stories, whose common theme is the spread of the HIV virus, a young woman arrives in a Chinese village, apparently commissioned by the government to encourage local inhabitants to give blood. When she announces that each blood sample will be rewarded with five dollars, none of the poor farmers wants to miss out on this unique opportunity. Soon afterwards, however, many of the villagers become seriously ill, many die, and the young woman makes a hasty departure... The Canadian Denys lives with his parents and tries to improve his family's bad financial situation by taking jobs in porn films. When he has to go for a check-up, he hands in his father's blood sample instead of his own. When he is discovered, his mother decides to do something drastic... The work of Catholic novice Clara is to convert a dying indigenous community in South Africa. Inside, however, she feels that she should be helping those who still have a life ahead of them and who could be saved from a swift death. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Lucy Liu
USA
Best movies:
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Payback (1999)
Detachment (2011)
Stockard Channing
USA
Best movies:
Smoke (1995)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Grease (1978)
Olympia Dukakis
USA
Best movies:
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Cloudburst (2011)
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Sandra Oh
Canada
Best movies:
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Owning Mahowny (2003)
Defendor (2009)
Chloë Sevigny
USA
Best movies:
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Dogville (2003)
Zodiac (2007)
Shawn Ashmore
Canada
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
X-Men 2 (2003)
Chin Han
Singapore
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Final Recipe (2013)
Restless (2011)
Roc LaFortune
Canada
Best movies:
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
Napoléon (2002) (series)
Pawn Sacrifice (2014)
Aubert Pallascio
Canada
Best movies:
Lilies (1996)
And Hope to Die (1972)
Jig-Saw (1978)
Jessie Gabe
Best movies:
3 Needles (2005)
Catherine Colvey
Canada
Best movies:
I'm Not There (2007)
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999) (TV movie)
Deadfall (2012)
Simone-Élise Girard
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Fatal (2010)
Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
Ian Roberts
South Africa
Best movies:
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
The Power of One (1992)
Wah-Wah (2005)
Cory Bowles
Canada
Best movies:
Trailer Park Boys (1999)
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
Poor Boy's Game (2007)
Sook-Yin Lee
Canada
Best movies:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Shortbus (2006)
3 Needles (2005)
Richard Robitaille
Canada
Best movies:
The High Cost of Living (2010)
I'm Not There (2007)
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999) (TV movie)
Pierre Leblanc
Best movies:
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Lilies (1996)
Source Code (2011)
Marc Trottier
Canada
Best movies:
300 (2006)
Human Trafficking (2005) (TV movie)
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)