Monday, March 22, 2010

The Legend of Suriyothai

The Legend of Suriyothai is about Queen Suriyothai of Thailand. The queen sacrificed her life during battle to save the life of the king and the kingdom in 1548 against the Burmese army.

Bang Rajan

Bang Rajan is a film about villagers fighting off invaders from Berma. The film is set before the fall of Thailand's capital, Ayutthaya, to Burmese armies.

Anna and the King

Anna and the King, The King and I, and Anna and the King of Siam are all based on the book
Anna and the King of Siam. They tell the story of a British woman who travels to Siam to teach English to the king's children and eventually she and the king fall in love.



The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles is about an engineer on a gunboat patrolling the Yangtze river during the revolutionary fighting of the 1920's.

55 Days at Peking

In 55 Days at Peking diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The Great Conqueror's Concubine

Xi Chu Bawang (The Great Conqueror's Concubine) is about the founding of the Han Dynasty. A general and a peasant join forces to overthrow the emperor and help win the civil war.

The Blue Kite

The Blue Kite is about a Chinese boy growing up during 1950s and 1960s in China. The story follows the boy and his family through the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.