SCREENING
Turning 18
Sunday, Jan 20, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Location: Bartos Screening Room
Part of First Look 2019
Dir. Ho Chao-ti. Taiwan. 2018, 86 mins. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Born into a legacy of classism, poverty, and institutional racism, two native Taiwanese girls meet at a vocational training program, hoping for a better future. Filming over several years, Ho Chao-ti chronicles two different paths for these children of broken homes: Pei tries to build a life out of a loving relationship, while Chen struggles to extricate herself from her family’s troubles and syndromes. Sensitive, revealing, and deeply moving, Turning 18 is a dual portrait of young women fighting harder than most will ever have to, just to come of age. North American premiere.
Tickets: $15 (Free for members at the Film Lover level and MoMI Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online. (Members may contact [email protected] with questions regarding online reservations.)