World Cinema
Carefree Days / Xiao Yao You
China
Directors: Ming LIANG
Director's bio
Born 1984, in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Enrolled at Communication University of China in 2002, majoring in performance arts in the Department of Director Performance. Cast in the movie, "Spring Fever", directed by Lou Ye (included in the Main Competition section, at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival) Assistant director in "Mystery", directed by Lou Ye (included in the Un Certain Regard section, at the 65th Cannes Film Festival) Starred in the movie "Shadow Days" (included in the Youth section, at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival) Liang directed his 1st feature film "Wisdom Tooth" won the SIFF Project award at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival, and the BIFF Project award at the 8th Beijing International Film Festival. The project took part in the 3rd CFDG Chinese Young Director Support Program,and was listed among the top five in 2018
Born 1984, in Yichun, northeast China's Heilongjiang province. Enrolled at Communication University of China in 2002, majoring in performance arts in the Department of Director Performance. Cast in the movie, "Spring Fever", directed by Lou Ye (included in the Main Competition section, at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival) Assistant director in "Mystery", directed by Lou Ye (included in the Un Certain Regard section, at the 65th Cannes Film Festival) Starred in the movie "Shadow Days" (included in the Youth section, at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival) Liang directed his 1st feature film "Wisdom Tooth" won the SIFF Project award at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival, and the BIFF Project award at the 8th Beijing International Film Festival. The project took part in the 3rd CFDG Chinese Young Director Support Program,and was listed among the top five in 2018
Synopsis
In Northeast China, Shenyang is a city decaying. Xu Lingling is a 25 year old girl suffering from uremia and her life has collapsed. In the height of her illness, her dissolute father has returned, with her best friend Tan Na and former classmate Zhao Dongyang, to take care of her. Though her life is suffering, facing the issues of family affection, love and friendship, she feels she still deserves to live. One day, Xu Lingling decided to for a trip, with Tan Na and Zhao Dongyang, they hit the road.Details of Cast
Lu Xingchen, Li Xueqin, Mingyue Zhao, Li Congxi, Ai Liya, Liang LongDetails of Crew
Music by B6 Colour by David Rivero MartinProducer Details
Jueren Wu Jian ZhangWriter Details
Liang MingStills
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