Orphan of Anyang
- Fri 27 Sept 6.30 pm
- Tues 1st Oct 8.15 pm
- Fri 4 Oct 8.30 pm
- Dir & Scr: Wang Chao 2001 China colour
- Cast: Zhu Jie, Sun Guilin, Yue Senyi, Liu Tianhao, Miao Fuwen.
The film is set in the ancient city of Anyany, in Henan Province. A prostitute from China’s Northeast (Manchuria), desperate and unable to make ends meet, abandons her baby. An unemployed factory worker decides to take the child in order to make 200 yuan monthy in child support promised by the mother. A local gangster wants to take the baby when he learns that he is dying hoping to have a descendant. Three different lives, three different fates, each with their different backgrounds and experiences try to survive at the bottom rung of Chinese society.
The film is a major new work made without the authorisation of the film Bureau hence unexhibitable in China.
Director ‘s explication: This film is a unique and highly realistic reflection of the lives of people in the lower echelons of a small Chinese city. It explores the relationship between the hard realities of life and the aspirations of the spirit. It is a film about desperation, survival, and hope, about the resilience of humanity in the most adverse of circumstances.
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