Director Wayne Wang returns to his roots with two films based on short stories Yiyaun Li. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (Wayne Wang/USA/2007) is, according to the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival catalogue, "a film of precise, carefully orchestrated scenes, privileging quietness over emotional fireworks, simple observation over fussy camera movement."Mr Shi has come to the US to visit his estranged daughter. It has... ...