Directed by: Kenneth Bi Script: Kenneth Bi Producer: Peggy Chiao, Thanassis Karathanos, Rosa Li Production company: Kenbiroli Films Ltd. Cinematography: Koa Sam Editing: Isabel Meier, Kenneth Bi Music: Andre Matthias Cast: Jaycee Chan, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Angelica Lee Sum-Kit, Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung
Format: boja, color, 35mm Running time: 98'
Synopsis To save his life, a brash gangster’s son is sent into hiding after he insults a mob boss. While there, he encounters a reclusive Zen drumming troupe that allows him to join and then sends him on a journey to enlightenment. A remarkable genre redux, this gorgeous new feature is a banquet for the mind and the senses.
Awards 2007 Golden Horse Film Festival - Golden Horse Award, Best Supporting Actor (Tony Leung Ka Fai)
Directors Biography Kenneth Bi graduated with Honors in Theatre/Film from Brock University in Canada. He has written, directed, and acted in Canada and Hong Kong in numerous theatre and film productions. In 1992 he won a Special Merit Award in Toronto for his CBC-Radio Drama, Rice Krinkles. Bi's script for Rice Rhapsody was awarded Outstanding Screenplay of 1999 by the Taiwan Government Information Office. The film is Bi's first 35mm feature film, The Drummer is second.
Location and screening schedule: matinee: SC Cinema, Monday, October 20th at 11.00 premiere: SC Cinema, Monday, October 20th at 22.30 reprisal: EUROPA Cinema, Tuesday, October 21st at 16.00
