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Underlining the gap between have-nots' lives and elites' world by switching between black and white and glamorous colors, THE GREAT BUDDHA+ vividly illustrates a corrupted village in rural southern Taiwan with memorable style, heartfelt empathy, and whimsical humor. Security guard Pickle and his trash collector friend Belly Button kill time together in night shifts watching the American-educated boss's dash-cam recordings of his various sexual encounters with women. Against the buddies' will, something horrifying rather than erotic reveals.

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Bonus Materials

• THE GREAT BUDDHA Short Film
• Making-Of
• North American version trailer

Sales Points

• Hong Kong Film Awards
• Winner, Best Picture, Taipei Film Awards
• New Directors New Films
• Palm Springs International Film Festival
• Winner, NETPAC, Toronto International Film Festival
• 5 wins, 10 nominations, Taiwan Golden Horse Awards
• Taiwan's Entry for Best Foreign-Language Film at the 91st OSCARS®
• Letterboxd Top 100 International Features of 2010s
• Asian Film Awards

Press Quotes

Humor, a perennial scarcity in the self-serious world of art-house cinema, is in pleasingly abundant supply.

     —Jordan Cronk, Film Comment

...this ballad of sad losers mixed with satire on parochial politics is convulsively funny yet uncompromisingly bleak, bridging art with entertainment..

     —Maggie Lee, Variety

...the viewer is at once dismayed by the cruelty of this society & seduced by Mr. Huang's smooth and witty style.

     —A.O.Scott, New York Times

...Viewers looking for renewed faith in the power, vision, and sheer fun of movies will love The Great Buddha +

     —Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight

an outrageous, poignant punk Taiwanese black comedy marking the feature arrival of fresh filmmaking talent Huang Hsin-Yao.

     —Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times

...the most important film from Taiwan since Yi Yi (Edward Yang).

     —Look Chi Man, HK01