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Completed - ENGLISH, MANDARIN - Drama - 96 minutes

Log Line

Chinese novelist Xiaolu Guo combines Indie US style and contemporary Chinese storytelling.
Mei, a young Chinese woman from the countryside leaves her so-called nest. Travelling from her village to London, she faces life, love and men without being scared.

Previous markets

  • Toronto 2009 (Premiere)
  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Xiaolu GUO
Cast : Geoffrey Hutchings HUTCHINGS, Huang LU, Wei Yi BO

Producer(s) : Natasha DACK (Tigerlily Films)

Synopsis

MEI, a young Chinese woman, leaves her monotonous village life behind for the excitement of the nearest big city. However, fired from her factory job, she falls in love with SPIKEY, a hit man whose own past catches up with him. A random decision finds MEI in London, where she marries an elderly man, MR HUNT. Soon bored and alienated by her new life, she has an affair with RASHID, an Indian immigrant who runs a local take away restaurant. She starts living with him in the backroom of the restaurant…

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM, CHINA, GERMANY

FRANCE Sep 08, 2010 LES FILMS DU PA
HUNGARY Apr 29, 2010 CIRKO FILM KFT.
POLAND Jun 11, 2010 AP MANANA
SPAIN Jul 16, 2010 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
UNITED KIN Feb 26, 2010 STUDIOCANAL (UK


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