Autumn Execution
Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Auditorium, Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
6510
Autumn Execution
Directed by Li Zing, Taiwan, 1971, 99 minutes
In Han Dynasty China, a hotheaded young man, Pei, is jailed for murder following a brawl. As autumn, decreed as the season for executions is almost a year away, his wily grandmother concocts a scheme to see that at least the family line will carry on by sneaking a girl into his cell for conjugal visits…
—Best film, best director, best screenplay at the 1972 Taiwanese Golden Horse Award
Part of the Spring 2012 Taiwan Film Festival
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Sponsored by: Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in NY, The Council on East Asian Studies, Film Studies Program, and Films at the Whitney
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