Literary Adaptation Movies

  • 1953
    Family

    Family

    Family

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    "Family" (1953), which launched the Union Film legacy, "Spring" (1953) and "Autumn" (1954) are adaptations of Ba Jin's highly regarded novel "Torrent...

    Family
  • 1959
    Human Relationships

    Human Relationships

    Human Relationships

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    Lee Sun-fung is renowned for adapting literary classics for the silver screen. To commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Union Film Enterprise...

    Human Relationships
  • 1954
    Autumn

    Autumn

    Autumn

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    Hak-ming heads the Ko Family, but he and his brothers, Hak-ting and Hak-on, and the second wife of the late Master Ko quarrel. Young Cousin Mui, who...

    Autumn
  • 2020
    Confidences d'une femme mariée

    Confidences d'une femme mariée

    Confidences d'une femme mariée

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    After ten years of marriage, a woman decides to tell her husband about her libertine past. A cascade of revelations follows, all as unexpected as...

    Confidences d'une femme mariée
  • 2012
    Such A Girl Like Me

    Such A Girl Like Me

    Such A Girl Like Me

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    '...is unsuitable for any man's love.' (Xi Xi, A Woman Like Me) Sum-yin patches up wounds, masks scars and performs other beautician services that,...

    Such A Girl Like Me
  • 1958
    The Tormented Beauty

    The Tormented Beauty

    The Tormented Beauty

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    Guerrilla member Ting Siu-yuen works as a playwright and Lee, the leader of an opera troupe. They conceal their identities in the troupe in order to...

    The Tormented Beauty
  • 1993
    Beck – De gesloten kamer

    Beck – De gesloten kamer

    Beck – De gesloten kamer

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    A police officer investigates the case of a man shot dead in a room locked from the inside. A suicide? Then where's the gun?

    Beck – De gesloten kamer
  • 1959
    Pilgrimage at Night

    Pilgrimage at Night

    Pilgrimage at Night

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    Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya...

    Pilgrimage at Night
  • 2010
    Flooding with Love for The Kid

    Flooding with Love for The Kid

    Flooding with Love for The Kid

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    A one-man adaptation of First Blood, filmed over the course of four months, entirely within a 220-sq. ft. apartment.

    Flooding with Love for The Kid
  • 1949
    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion

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    Mok Ming moves into Po Tak-yan’s old mansion. Po's mistress, the songstress Tsi Law-heung, has died in it. Her spirit haunts the mansion as she...

    Ghost Woman of the Old Mansion
  • 2015
    Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme

    Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme

    Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme

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    Adapted from the series aired in 2001. Looking for inspiration during the holidays, Nando sees Anita as the ideal character for his novel. She lives...

    Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Presença de Anita - O Filme
  • 2023
    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

    A Leaf of Winter

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    We all carry our leaves, some of winter, some of spring and summer. But all leaves grow, breathe and wither with time; and so do we.

    A Leaf of Winter
  • 1969
    Spring, Spring

    Spring, Spring

    Spring, Spring

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    Chun-sam is working as a servant at Bong-pil's home to be his future son in-law. His daughter, Jeom-sun has grown enough to get wed. But her father...

    Spring, Spring
  • 1958
    Prince of Thieves

    Prince of Thieves

    Prince of Thieves

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    Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights has been greatly treasured by Western storytellers who are fascinated by the fantastic...

    Prince of Thieves
  • 2011
    Working Class

    Working Class

    Working Class

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    Loosely based on Charles Dicken’s book “A Tale of Two Cities”, Working Class tells the tale of underground street artists Mike...

    Working Class
  • 2015
    Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes

    Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes

    Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes

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    Traumatised by a painfull breakup, Joseph decides on stepping out of his house, and finding some sugar in order to remove bitterness from his life.

    Conte de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes
  • 1970
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

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    Planned adaptation of Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff.

    Cleopatra
  • 2016
    The Judgment

    The Judgment

    The Judgment

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    Adapted from the short story by Franz Kafka, The Judgment is a psychological drama exploring themes of alienation, memory, and the lines between...

    The Judgment
  • 1970
    We Spread

    We Spread

    We Spread

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    Follows an aging artist who, after the death of her partner, is moved into a unique long-term care residence where she begins to distrust her...

    We Spread
  • 1999
    Genesis

    Genesis

    Genesis

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    Inspired by the book of Genesis, this film tells the power struggle between two families: a clan of herders led by Jacob and another clan of hunters...

    Genesis