Striding into the Wind
野马分鬃 (YE MA FEN ZONG)
Language: Mandarin
Length: 130mins
Year: 2020
Country: People’s Republic of China
Cannes Film Festival 2020, Official Selection
SYNOPSIS:
Kun seems to be messing up pretty much everything: his senior year at Film school, the job on his friend’s graduation’s film and the relationship with his girlfriend. But Kun just got his driving license and with it, the cheapest second-hand car he could find: an old wreck of a Jeep Cherokee that might turn out to be the key to his wildest dreams.
CREDITS:
Director: WEI SHUJUN
Producer: LIU QINGLING
Writers: WEI SHUJUN, GAO LINYANG
Cinematographer: WANG JIEHONG
Production Designer: LIU ZHENG
Editor: KONG JINLEI (Editing director) YAN TINGTING (Editor)
Sound: HE WEI (Sound Designer) HAO GANG (Sound Editor)
Music: EMANUELE ARNONE
CAST(CHARACTER):
ZHOU YOU (Kun)
ZHENG YINGCHEN (Zhi)
WANG XIAOMU(Ming)
TONG LINKAI (Tong)
ZHAO DUONA (Yilin)
LIU YUTING (Feng)
DIRECTOR’S BIO:
Born in Beijing, Wei Shujun started his career as an actor at just 14 years old. He
completed a master’s degree at the Communication University of China. His prior
film credits include the rap documentary Said in the Forbidden City (2011)
and Hancheng Color (2013). Duck Neck (2016) is his first feature film and his short
movie On the border won the Special Jury Distinction – Short Film at the Cannes
film festival 2018.