23° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

A Moment of Love

A Moment of Love
by James Lee
Country: Malaysia
Year: 2005
Duration: 10'


A Moment of Love is the second installment of the Shorts about Love series.Living in the faceless city of modern day Kuala Lumpur, Amy and Lai tries to make ends meet. Like everyone else in this city, they work, they dream, they argue about bills. As the price of city life rises, they find that their fragile love may be the only thing they can afford.

Biography

film director

James Lee

James Lee (Ipoh, Malaysia, 1973) studied graphic design and later dedicated himself to theatrical acting and directing. In 2001, he shot his first feature film, Snipers, followed that same year by Ah Beng Returns. After founding the production company Doghouse73, in 2003 he produced the documentary The Big Durian by Amir Muhammad. In 2005 he won the award for Best Asian Film and the FIPRESCI Award at the Bangkok International Film Festival with The Beautiful Washing Machine and a special mention at the Oberhausen Festival with the short A Moment of Love. In 2007 he received his second award for Best Asian Film at the Bangkok Festival with the film Before We Fall in Love Again.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Ah Yu’s Story (cm, 1999), Survivor (cm, 1999), Snipers (2001), Ah Beng Returns (2001), You fang chu zu (Room to Let, 2002), Mei li de xi yi ji (The Beautiful Washing Machine, 2004), Mei you ai re je (Goodbye to Love, cm, 2004), A Moment of Love (cm, 2005), Nian ni ru xi (Before We Fall in Love Again, 2006), Things We Do When We Fall in Love (2007), Waiting for Love (2007), Histeria (2008), Call If You Need Me (2009).

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