France - Hong Kong | 2016 | Color | Documentary | 152 min
DCP | Chinese | 16:9 | Dolby 5.1
SYNOPSIS
In a fast growing city of east China, migrants have been arriving and living for a dream of a better life. But what they find there is little opportunities and poor living conditions that push people, even couples, into violent and oppressive relations. XIAO Ming, LING Ling and LAO Yeh are some of the characters of this bitter chronicle of today China.
CREDITS
Director
Editing
Image
Producer
Co-Producer
Production
In Coproduction with
In Association with
International Sales
WANG Bing
Shan Xiaohui, Song Yang, Wang Bing
Sonia Buchman, Nicolas De La Mothe,
Wang Jia, Wang Yang, Liang Ying,
Wang Di
Fame Culture Media Co Ltd,
Wil Production, Yisha Production
Arte France - La Lucarne
FESTIVALS, selective list
- Biennale di Venezia 2016, Orizzonti Competition
- South Korea DMZ Film Festival 2016
- Festival du Nouveau cinema Montreal 2016
- Rio International Film festival 2016
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2016
- Tokyo FILMeX 2016
- Seoul Independent Film Festival 2016
- Zagreb Human Rights Film Festival 2016
- Film Comment Selects 2016, Film Society of Lincoln Center
AWARDS
- Biennale di Venezia 2016
Best Screenplay
- Zagreb Human Rights Film Festival 2016
Human Rights Film Network Award