Chung Mong-hong Movies
- 2008
Elements of the typical detective story blend with comedy and melodrama in this tale of a Taipei man who longs to patch up his relationship with his estranged wife, yet finds his noble efforts sabotaged when he steps out of his car to purchase a cake, and another driver parks him in. It's Mother's Day in Taipei, and Chen Mo is eager to patch things up with his beloved wife. In order to start things off on the right foot, Chen Mo stops by the local bakery to pick up a cake. Unfortunately, that's just about the time another driver chooses to double-park in the space next to him, effectively blocking him in. The driver of the other car is nowhere to be found, and Chen Mo searches every floor of the adjacent parking building to no avail. In the course of his quest, Chen mo encounters a series of quirky characters including a one-armed barbershop owner with a fondness for fish head soup, and a mainland prostitute on the run from her pimp. In time Chen Mo finds the driver of the offending car, and invites his newfound friends along as he prepares to drive off into new horizons. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chang Chen, Leon Dai, (more)
- 2006
A surgeon's relationships with his son and a patient draws unexpected parallels in this documentary from Taiwanese filmmaker Chung Mong-hong. In the 1990's, Dr. B-Chen Wen was practicing medicine in his native Taiwan and helping to look after his family, including his teenage son Felix. However, after Felix's death, Wen and his family moved to the United States, and in 2003 he began working with Sebastian Tarnawiecki, a boy in his early teens who has been diagnosed with lung cancer. As Wen and his family have had to adjust to a new life after coming to America, Tarnawiecki and his parents have come from Peru to Florida in search of treatment that can prolong the youngster's life. Wen's experiences with his late son bear a frequent resemblance to Ivan Tarnawiecki stories about his ailing son, even though the two boys seems very different in many ways. Yisheng (aka Doctor) received its North American premiere at the 2008 Documentary Fortnight Festival in New York City. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
