AFI FILM FEST: A WINDOW ON SOME FAR SHORES : SATURDAY
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“Ping Pong” (Great Britain, 1986, 5:30 p.m.). A young woman becomes embroiled in London’s Chinese underworld when she’s hired to administer the last testament of a former crime czar. Part thriller, part romance, heavily atmospheric and totally fascinating, this first film by Po-chih Leong proves worthy of wading through some murky narrative stretches. Ultimately the film, marginally concerned with the mystery, serves up a richly textured portrait of a transplanted society caught between tradition and transition. Recommended.
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