SUNKEN PLUM (沉李) dir. Roberto F. Canuto, Xu Xiaoxi
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Format: Short Film (20 mins)
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
Language: Mandarin
Format: Short Film (20 mins)
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
FEATURED IN: NEW QUEER VISIONS: PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Li Wanying's night goes from bad to worse when, after her latest cabaret performance is ridiculed, she receives news of her mother's death. As the only 'son', she feels obligated to return to her birthplace, even though she'll have to hide her true self from family and friends.
WRITTEN BY: Roberto F. Canuto, Xiaoxi Xu
CAST: Gu Xiang, Peng Tian, Celia Yinmeng Yu, Jiaqi Chen
PRODUCED BY: Zhiwen Leng
CAST: Gu Xiang, Peng Tian, Celia Yinmeng Yu, Jiaqi Chen
PRODUCED BY: Zhiwen Leng
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
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Roberto Fernandez Canuto is a Spanish film director and screenwriter and is one of the first European directors to establish stable collaborations within the Chinese film industry. Xu Xiaoxi (徐小溪) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter who belongs to a new generation of filmmakers from China that were educated in the West. Together they opened a film production company in China, Almost Red Productions.
Films they have co-written and co-directed include 'Sunken Plum' (2017), 'Advent' (2016), 'Floating Melon' (2015), 'Ni Jing: Thou Shalt Not Steal' (2013), 'Desire Street (2011)' and 'Toto Forever' (2010). |