“A movie I've been dying to see on the big screen all these years.”—Jane Hui Wang, Hot Docs Cinema Manager on Duty

A legendary film by French filmmaker Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets). Who can say no to a superbly written and gorgeously filmed action flick with incredible performances from Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman and Danny Aiello? A film not to be missed.

I first watched this film in a little video club in Wuhan when I was in university. Sadly, I missed the ending because I had to make it back to the female dorm building by 11 P.M. in order not to be locked out. Afterwards, I looked everywhere in Wuhan but couldn’t find a copy. So, I had to wait until I moved to Canada to watch the whole film at last and find out what happens in the end. It's absolutely worth the wait.

This is Jane’s staff pick: Jane is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a passion for observational storytelling, who actually enjoys watching fiction films more than documentaries. She is also a film programmer and content researcher specializing in China-related documentary film projects.