17th New York Asian Film Festival

Jun 29 - Jul 15, 2018

Photo: Courtesy of MandarinVision Co Ltd

New York Premiere

Missing Johnny

強尼.凱克

Three lost souls are brought together by odd happenstance in this elegant reflection on modern life, the award-winning debut from Hou Hsiao-hsien disciple and NYU graduate Huang Xi. A young woman keeps a menagerie of parrots in her Taipei apartment; when one escapes, she gets assistance in tracking it down from her landlady’s autistic son and a shy handyman, and a unique bond develops between them. Meanwhile she keeps receiving strange phone calls looking for someone named Johnny. While no clear answers to these simple mysteries surface, the three start to open up to one another, revealing personal stories and hidden emotions.

Director: Huang Xi
Cast: Huang Yuan, Lawrence Ko, Rima Zeidan
Languages: Mandarin with English subtitles
2017; 104 min.; DCP

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 7, 2:20pm
Film Society of Lincoln Center