Alva
After his children are taken away by social services, a troubled loner seeks revenge and flees into the inhospitable forest.
98'
Portugal
IFFR 2019
“The difference between film and memory is that film is always false. Memories mix truth and lies”, a character in Bi Gan’s second feature film says. His debut, Kaili Blues, marked him as a talent to watch in China’s budding eighth generation. The dreamy, elliptic tale ends in a 45-minute single shot in which past and present intertwine.
The follow-up, Long Day's Journey Into Night, is even more impressive and partially in 3D. Once again, his lead returns to Kaili (the director’s home town) after years away. Luo Hongwu has come to attend his father’s funeral, but is also in search of a lover he just can’t forget. The summer they shared 20 years ago seamlessly merges with his contemporary search: “Every time I see her, I know I am in a dream again.”
- Director
- Bi Gan
- Countries of production
- China, France
- Production Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 140'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Di qiu zui hou de ye wan
- Language
- Mandarin
- Producers
- Shan Zuolong, Yeh Jufeng, Li Xiaonan, Zhang Guanren, Charles Gillibert
- Production Companies
- Dangmai Films, Zhejiang Huace Film & TV, CG Cinema
- Sales
- Wild Bunch
- Screenplay
- Bi Gan
- Cinematography
- Yao Hung-i, Dong Jinsong, David Chizallet
- Editor
- Qin Yanan
- Production Design
- Liu Qiang
- Music
- Lim Giong, Point Hsu
- Cast
- Tang Wei, Huang Jue, Sylvia Chang, Lee Hong-Chi, Chen Yongzhong, Luo Feiyang, Zeng Meihuizi
Programme IFFR 2019
Bright Future Main Programme
Emerging talent with original subject matter and an individual style. Includes the films nominated for the Bright Future Competition for first feature films.
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