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The King of Masks
The King of Masks
Dir.: Wu Tianming | 97 minutes
Date Time Hall Event Code Tickets
16.11.25
10:00 		Sunday 16.11.25 10:00 Cinematheque 1
2025-11-16 10:00:00 2025-11-16 13:00:00 Asia/Jerusalem Childhood Behind the Mask <div><p><span>Art</span><span>, </span><span>Tradition</span><span>, </span><span>and</span> <span>Gender</span> <span>in</span> <span>Traditional</span> <span>China</span></p></div><div><p><span>Speaker</span><span> (</span><span>In</span> <span>Heb</span><span>.):</span><span> Adva Magal</span></p></div><p> </p> Cinematheque Jerusalem Cinematheque

The King of Masks

Hong Kong 1996 | 97 minutes | Mandarin | Hebrew subtitles

Charming but not saccharine sweet, The King of Masks is a beautifully crafted tale of an elderly street artist and his adopted pupil in the Szechuan province of the 1930s.

Dir.:
Wu Tianming
W.:
Zhu Xu, Zhou Benying