72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Xiao dongxi / Thomas Mao / Thomas Mao / Xiao dongxi

Zhu Wen
China
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Thomas is a painter trekking through the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and Mao the scruffy "innkeeper" who lodges him. A well-known parable opens the film: the philosopher Zhuangzi dreamt that he was a butterfly, but wondered if he wasn?t a butterfly who dreamt he was Zhuangzi? In real life Thomas Rohdewald is a diplomat from Luxembourg and Mao Yan one of the most famous contemporary Chinese painters.
Director
Zhu Wen
Screenplay
Zhu Wen
Production
Zhu Wen, Geng Ling
Photography
Min Wang
Edition
Zhu Wen
Cast
Thomas Rohdewald, Mao Yan, Jin Zi, Ye Feng, Gou Zi
Sound
Rocky Zhang
Running Time
80 m.
Country
China
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