# Banana Paradise

Banana Paradise at The Garden Cinema, Sunday 8 November 2026, 19:00.

- Venue: The Garden Cinema, Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London
- With: Doze Niu Chen-Zer, Chang Shih, Tom Cunliffe
- Get tickets: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/gifts/
- Go to page: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/banana-paradise/

![Banana Paradise](https://noky.io/images/02c5ee45227451c88fddecaad75485afdf9a927d15832ff668d82692aa9fe4dd-600.webp)

Banana Paradise is a screening of Wang Toon's 1989 Taiwanese film, part of The Garden Cinema's Made in Taiwan season. It follows a naive young man who follows the Kuomintang forces from China to Taiwan in 1949, adopting false names as he adjusts to life amid turbulent socio-economic changes. The film, the second chapter in Wang's 'Modern Taiwan Trilogy', addresses the cruelties of martial law as a tragicomic melodrama, alongside rural-urban migration and the demands of modernisation. The screening on 8 November will be introduced by Tom Cunliffe (UCL) and shows a new restoration, with Doze Niu Chen-Zer, Chang Shih and Wen Ying in the cast.

## Dates

- Sunday 8 November 19:00 — The Garden Cinema
- Friday 27 November 18:00 — The Garden Cinema

Written by a model, sources: [thegardencinema.co.uk](https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/banana-paradise/)

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