72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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China Sea

Jurgis Matulevicius
Lithuania - Poland - Taiwan - Czech Republic      84 m.
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Martial arts champion Osvald (33) accidentally injures a girl and is expelled from the sports federation. Unable to travel to Asia for tournaments, he is stuck in his desolate East European hometown, tormented by guilt. Osvald spends his days in a cheap China Sea restaurant owned by his only friend, Ju-Long. In a crime-ridden town, Osvald seeks a new life. Convincing his former mentor to give him a chance, Osvald becomes a teenage martial arts coach and excels. At court-ordered therapy, he meets and falls in love with Skaiste. But as Osvald embraces a better life, his past catches up with him, leading him to resort to violence again.

Director
Jurgis Matulevicius (Lithuania)
Screenplay
Saule Bliuvaite
Production
FILM JAM (Lithuania)
Ieva Cern
LAVA FILMS (Poland)
Marta Gmosinska
BIONAUT (Czech Republic)
Jakub Kostal
MA STUDIOS (Taiwan)
Amy Ma
Photography
Bartosz Swiniarski
Edition
Igne Narbutaite
Sound
Vytautas Kizala
Cast
Marius Rapsys, Jag Huang, Severija Janusauskaite, Sonia Yuan, Lu Yi-Ching, Vaidotas Martinaitis
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
84 m.
Country
Lithuania - Poland - Taiwan - Czech Republic
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