Orgasm Inc • (USA) What starts out as a humorous look at a pharmaceutical company’s attempts to create a “Viagra for women” to cure Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) turns into a more serious exposé of how women are being exploited by medical firms. Dec 10, 5:30pm.
Sex Volunteer • (South Korea) A priest, a female student and a disabled man are arrested on suspicion of being involved in prostitution, and a taboo practice surfaces. The disabled man simply wanted to experience sex before he died, the student wanted to make a film about sex volunteers, and the priest brought the two together. Dec 10, 9:30pm and Dec 11, 3:30pm.
Breath • (South Korea) When a housewife learns of her husband’s affair, she visits a prison where she meets a suicidal convict awaiting execution. She’s unsure why, but she’s drawn to him, and they begin to fall in love as his time of reckoning draws near. Dec 11, 7pm and Dec 17, 8pm.
Red Light Revolution • (China) The opening film of the 24th Singapore International Film Festival gets an encore. When a Beijing cabby loses his job, his house and his wife, he returns to his family home. Willing to take any job, he becomes the proprietor of an adult shop that spurs on a sexual revolution in the old-fashioned neighborhood. Dec 17, 5:30pm.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring • (South Korea) Follow the journey of one Buddhist monk across the seasons of life—from his innocent youth, to his troubled adulthood and his atonement in old age—set against the backdrop of a floating monastery. Dec 17, 10pm.
All screenings at Sinema Old School, Old School. Get your tickets for $9 from the website.
