A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong Blu-ray

Double bill of Taiwanese comedies written and directed by Edward Yang. 'A Confucian Confusion' (1994) follows a group of young friends, lovers, co-workers and acquaintances in Taipei over the course of three days. Molly (Shu-Chun Ni) manages an entertainment company but her friend and assistant Qiqi (Chen Shiang-chyi) is questioning both her job and her relationship with her fiancé Ming (Wang Wei-Ming). Meanwhile, Molly is engaged to Akeem (Bosen Wang) but his friend Larry (Danny Deng) is intent on pursuing her himself, despite the fact that he already has a wife and a mistress, the latter of whom works for Molly. As they reflect on the emptiness of their lives, they take steps to change their futures. In 'Mahjong' (1996) Red Fish (Tang Tsung Sheng) leads a group of young criminals running scams in Taipei. As they attempt to draw naive French teenager Marthe (Virginie Ledoyen) into their schemes, they must also evade the gangsters searching for Red Fish's father, a businessman who is deeply in debt to some very dangerous people.