Fri. Nite Chinese Movie [Grain In Ear] Art 'n Eat!

This event is jointly held with the Chinese Language Meetup Group's similar event - http://chinese.meetup...

Film starts at 7pm but free tickets may be gone, so the event has been set for 6:30pm. Also, much of DC parking is free after 6:30pm on weeknights. For this movie, each person can 2 free tickets - see details on this Smithsonian page (scroll down to see the movie listed).

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Grain in Ear 망종 (中國語,韓國話)
Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:00 pm, Meyer Auditorium

Zhang Lu's subtle, poetic drama provides a window into the rarely depicted Korean diaspora in China. With her husband in jail, she enters into an affair that has dire consequences for her and her young son.

Things were just starting to go right for Cui Shunji, a single Korean-Chinese mother with a young son to support. A good-hearted cop arranged a license for her previously illegal kimchi cart, selling to factory workers in an industrial no-man's-land.

Finally she meets a man to help carry her burden. But, as good fortune turns to bad, this socially conscious melodrama darkens. Beaten down, Shunji contemplates an extreme, pitiless act of revenge.

2006 / 109 min. / Mandarin and Korean

Awards:
New Currents Prize-Pusan International Film Festival (2005)
Grand Prize- Barcelona Asian Film Festival (2006)
Grand Prize- Tours Asia Film Festival, France (2006)
ACID Prize (Prix des Critiques) Cannes International Film Festival (2005)
Grand Prize of New Cinema- Pesaro International Film Festival, Italy (2005)
Grand Prize- Bejour International Film Festival (2006)
Grand Prize- Novo Film Festival, Belgium (2006)
Young Critics Awards- Black Movie Festival in Switzerland (2006)
Competitive nomination-Thessalonica Film Festival (2005)
Official Selection-Vancouver Film Festival (2005)
Official Selection-Chicago Film Festival (2005)
Official Selection-Rotterdam Film Festival (2006)
Official Selection-Argentina Mar Del Plata Film Festival (2006)

Tickets are free, but you must pick up tickets at the door within one hour before show.

After the movie, those interested in going out for dinner will "meet-up" outside the gallery. The group will head over to Chinatown Garden restaurant (龍之味） 618 H St NW DC 20001 for shared dinner and discussion in Mandarin, with shared dishes in the Chinese style.

COST: For those going to dinner they are asked to contribute up to $20 cash (現金，no cards) for group dinner.

If there is enough interest we can suggest an English-language table, or try Mandu in Dupont Circle.

地鐵指南 DIRECTIONS BY METRO:

* Smithsonian station on the Blue/Orange Line is best.
* Exiting metro, take "Mall" side exit. Independence Ave and Freer Gallery of Art is on right.
* Or, from L'Enfant Plaza stop, walk 1 block down L'Enfant promenade. Freer Gallery is across Independence Ave, near corner of 12th Street.
* Meyer Auditorium is inside Freer Gallery of Art. Map of Smithsonian Museums at the National Mall

RSVP FOR THIS EVENT IS REQUIRED