Description
Former criminal Chen fears that his nephew has been sold into slavery and sets off to search for him in a mysterious village. There, he meets people from the past and the future, where time flows nonlinearly, turning into a transparent and illusory dreamlike web. The spaces of this film have their own memory, while the latitude and longitude of the search on the journey do not have exact coordinates. Kaili Blues is about the search for home, finding yourself in a safe and familiar space, through winding and broken roads and unfamiliar paths.
About the director:
Writer, director, and artist, was born in 1989 in Kaili City, Guizhou Province.
In 2015, his debut feature, Kaili Blues, made a significant impact upon its premiere. It won the Best Emerging Director at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival, the Montgolfiere d’Or at the 37th Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, and the Best New Director Award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards.
His second feature, Long Day‘s Journey Into Night, a Chinese-French co-production, premiered in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 71st Cannes Film Festival 2018 and was sold to over 20 territories globally. The film achieved a total box office of 282 million RMB in mainland China.
In 2022, Bi Gan wrote, directed, and produced the short film, A Short Story. The film was selected for the Short Film Competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
He is now shooting his third feature film, Resurrection, starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi.