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| Date: | Mar 28, 2015 6:30pm Mar 31, 2015 9:30pm |
| Organized by: | D-CAF - Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival |
| Venue: | Zawya |
| Address: | 15 Emad El Deen St, Cairo, Egypt |
| Admission: | 20 EGP |
| Event Language: | Chinese with Arabic & English subtitles |
| Website: | www.facebook.com/events/1413676292277277/ |
Fengjie’s old town is already under water, but its new neighbourhood hasn’t been finished yet. There are things to salvage and there are things to leave behind. Han Sanming, a miner, travels to Fengjie to look for his ex-wife who he has not seen in 16 years. Shen Hong, a nurse, travels to Fengjie to look for her husband who hasn’t come home in two years.
Winner of the Golden Lion Award at Venice Film Festival (2006).
Directed by: Jia Zhang-Ke
Genre: Drama
Duration: 108mins
Language: Chinese
Subtitles: English/ Arabic
JIA ZHANG-KE
Jia Zhang-Ke was born in China. He graduated from Beijing Film Academy and made his first film ‘XIAO WU’ in 1998, which went on to receive the Berlin Wolfgang Staudte Award. Other works include ‘The World’ (2004), ‘Unknown Pleasures’ (2002), the documentary ‘In Public’ (2001), and ‘Platform’ (2000).
www.memento-films.com
