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Han Nan Xia Ri

HAN NAN XIA RI
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Regie Han Shuai
Volksrepublik China 2020

Chinesisch
UT Englisch • 88 Minuten

Produktion Huang Xufeng, Liang Ying
Buch Han Shuai
Kamera Peter Pan
Montage Tom Lin, Dong Jie
mit Gong Beibi, Huang Tian, Zhang Xinyuan, Yan Xingyue, Luo Feiyang

Do, 10.06.2021, 17:30 Uhr Neue Bühne Hasenheide
Fr, 18.06.2021, 21:45 Uhr Freiluftkino Rehberge

Wie einen Seismographen schickt die Regisseurin Han Shuai ihre stille Protagonistin durch ihren Debütfilm. Mehr Beobachterin als Beteiligte, wie eingesperrt in vielen Großaufnahmen, registriert die 13-jährige Guo all die Erschütterungen, die das Arbeiter*innenmilieu um sie herum zerbröckeln lassen. Als sie miterleben muss, wie ihr Freund ertrinkt, weiß das Mädchen nicht wohin mit der Trauer, der Schuld - und ihrer Sehnsucht. Die sommerliche Hitze und die Aufdringlichkeit eines Klassenkameraden sind schwer zu ertragen. Das Zirpen der Zikaden durchdringt die Einöde ihres lieblosen Zuhauses am Stadtrand von Wuhan, fernab der Mutter, die in Guos Leben nur noch in Form von Sprachnachrichten existiert. Ein liebevolles Porträt eines jungen Mädchens, das auf dem Weg zum Erwachsenwerden den Unzulänglichkeiten ihrer Umgebung trotzt.

Like a seismograph, 13-year-old Guo moves through Han Shuai‘s feature debut: locked in a series of close-ups, more of an observer than a participant, quietly registering all of the tremors causing the fabric of her working-class social environment to crumble. Guo becomes witness to her friend accidentally drowning in the river, which results in her inability to deal with her feelings of grief, guilt and longing. The summer heat is as oppressive as the overbearing advances of one of her classmates, the shrill chirping of cicadas permeating the desolation of her loveless home on the outskirts of Wuhan – far away from a mother whose presence in her life is limited only to voice messages. A tender portrait of a young girl defying the confines of her circumstances and coming of age in the process.

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