Shadow Life

  • 10'
  • China
  • 2011
Shadow Life evokes folklore and Communist festivals. The vignettes are performed by shadow puppets; the form of the hand is a synecdoche for the manual labour of workers and peasants, while the silhouette medium allows quick metamorphoses: a grandstanding dictator to a barking dog, a swaying tree to a crane transforming the landscape. A remake of a 2000 Russian pop hit serves as the soundtrack to the third part, Transmigration. (CF)

Director
Cao Fei
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
China
Year
2011
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
10'
Medium
HDcam
Language
no dialogue
Producer
Cao Fei
Sales
Cao Fei
Screenplay
Cao Dan, Cao Fei
Website
http://www.caofei.com
Director
Cao Fei
Premiere
European premiere
Country of production
China
Year
2011
Festival Edition
IFFR 2012
Length
10'
Medium
HDcam
Language
no dialogue
Producer
Cao Fei
Sales
Cao Fei
Screenplay
Cao Dan, Cao Fei
Website
http://www.caofei.com