Event: 'MA: Life Without Principle Screening' Print
  Greater Boston
Events taking place in the Boston area.
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012 At 09:00 pm

Location: Bright Family Screening Room, 559 Washington Street, Boston, MA

Description: 2011, Hong Kong The latest from Hong Kong maestro Johnnie To (best known in the West for his action and crime movies such as Exiled, Vengeance) resembles the acclaimed auteur’s 2005 film Election; the subtext of social issues in that film are brought to the foreground in Life Without Principle’s “jigsaw-like web of ethical actions” (Daniel Kasman, MUBI Notebook) depicting the state of Hong Kong society in the wake of the global financial meltdown. An ordinary bank teller turned financial analyst, an obliging gangster and a straight-arrow police inspector, all in dire need of money, are connected through a crime involving several million dollars. The film's “ambitious narrative folds back on itself without warning… To so confident in his movement through scenes that even PowerPoint presentations and computer screens sustain the story's velocity" (Kevin B Lee, Fandor)