Le Onzieme (1998) *

Aka: "Tang, le Onzieme". Directed by Dai Sijie. With Akihiko Nishida, Tapa Sudana and Nguyen Minh. This is one of those boring, but visually stunning international co-productions, made to promote tourism in the Third World. Set in a small mountain village in Vietnam, it's a fairy-tale about an eleventh child who possesses a rare ability to capture a fish capable of curing leprosy.