Movies and TvShows featuring "european-in-asia" theme.

On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive. Set in the year 1996, Rob Hall gathered his team, Adventure Consultants, to go ahead and climb Everest themselves. Rob meets with his team, including experienced climber Beck Weathers, Doug Hansen, Yasuko Namba, and co-guide Andy 'Harold' Harris. Together, they plan to embark on what they hope will be a successful and adventurous expedition. The teams encounter problems on their summit, such as several climbers beginning to fall ill, Beck having trouble seeing, and no fixed ropes over the south summit. Facing a huge blizzard on their descent, the climbers face tragedy as some die and others battle hypothermia and frostbite. Despite the loss, Beck manages to survive and return to camp with the help of a rescue team.

A British boxer is incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons and fights his way to freedom through the brutal world of Muay Thai boxing.

The American sexologist Nicole Wilson travels to the Far East

A film documentarian stops at nothing to record unusual and supposedly true-to-life situations.

Hard-working Chunho delivers dumplings to fancy apartments in Hong Kong. Among his deliveries, he pines for the cute British expat who seems not to notice him whenever he shows up with his steaming package. But just when things start to look romantic for these two, class differences threaten to get in the way. (Frameline)

Miss Kicki, a Swedish woman living in Taipei, travels to the city to visit her estranged son. Along the way, she discovers new friendship, love, and a surprising connection that challenges her preconceptions.

In this twisted horror anthology, eight talented directors present their takes on the disturbing tales of Edgar Allen Poe, each in a very personal and modern way.

Chinese workers start a rebellion, arm themselves and take over the train on which they are travelling and manage to break through the frontier.

If you would like to witness the forces of colonialism in brute action, Rithy Panh’s extraordinary new film provides the long view. A masterpiece of editing, the film assembles archival footage and antiqued title cards into a wordless recapturing of the Indochinese Empire, beginning with the early days of French occupation. In this prelapsarian age, everything is golden with promise. Ladies, in empire waist gowns and enormous hats, throw candies to local children. Great steamships carry French culture abroad, and the Tricolore flag flies on high.