
Enjoy the show, and don't forget to vote for GFF's Audience Choie Award after, sponsored by Recycle Everywhere!
On the outskirts of Chengdu, a traditional Sichuan opera troupe faces extinction. With their theatre scheduled for demolition, a wave of progress seems poised to wash them away. Fearful of losing her niece (Gan Guidan) to the opportunities presented by the city, their manager (Zhao Xiaoli) searches for a new theatre. But as she finds herself embroiled in the bureaucracy that comes part and parcel with doing business – or performing art – in China, she notices that the more fantastical elements of their opera have started to manifest in mundane reality. - VIFF
- Year2019
- Runtime105 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryCanada / China / France
- RatingPG
- DirectorJohnny Ma
Enjoy the show, and don't forget to vote for GFF's Audience Choie Award after, sponsored by Recycle Everywhere!
On the outskirts of Chengdu, a traditional Sichuan opera troupe faces extinction. With their theatre scheduled for demolition, a wave of progress seems poised to wash them away. Fearful of losing her niece (Gan Guidan) to the opportunities presented by the city, their manager (Zhao Xiaoli) searches for a new theatre. But as she finds herself embroiled in the bureaucracy that comes part and parcel with doing business – or performing art – in China, she notices that the more fantastical elements of their opera have started to manifest in mundane reality. - VIFF
- Year2019
- Runtime105 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryCanada / China / France
- RatingPG
- DirectorJohnny Ma