<p><strong>“Yang's angriest and most provocative film, and also probably the one that's elicited the most anger from viewers, especially in the West.” - <em>Chicago Reader</em></strong><br /><br />Consisting of seemingly disparate story strands that miraculously converge into one, <em>Mahjong</em> focuses on some middle-class thugs dabbling in crime who find themselves entangled in Taiwan's underworld. The cast is an international one, including French star Virginie Ledoyen, deliberately reflecting the ‘little-big' cosmopolitan nature of modern-day Taipei. <br /><br />As the characters crash and careen through <em>Mahjong</em> it takes on the dimensions of a screwball comedy, although Yang's darker vision - of a disenfranchised generation struggling for meaning - persistently seeps through the maelstrom. <br /><br />“Comic and horrifying, poignant and biting, <em>Mahjong</em> is a vision of hell that argues passionately for the possibility of redemption.” - Cinematheque Ontario<br />