Hou Hsiao-Hsien showed his tremendous worth and he was established universally with the masterpiece A City of Sadness, which won the Golden Lion Award in Venice Film Festival in 1989. The publication opens with a series of carefully selected texts on his work, including exceptional texts by the editor Nikos Savvatis, also by Godfrey Cheshire, Ken Loach, James Udden etc. Following is a series of interviews with the director (including an intriguing discussion with the eminent film critic, producer and researcher on Taiwanese cinema, Peggy Chiao), and his complete filmography reviewed by Greek and International film critics. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, by placing his camera on the passage that connects the small family stories with the historical tableau-vivant of the collective memory, he managed to capture the passing of time, and he is a huge chapter in the history of Cinema.
