Film: The Shadow Play (OmeU)

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Hippie Screening Studio e.V. shows in cooperation with Neues Rottmann Kino:

THE SHADOW PLAY (OmeU)

风中有朵雨做的云

China 2018, directed by LOU YE. Berlinale Panorama 2019.

Original version with English subtitles.

Original with English subtitles.

Guangzhou in southern China is a city of modern buildings, luxury facades and endless chains of skyscrapers. Here, of all places, people have to fight for their living space. While an excavator demolishes a kindergarten in the background, they engage in a brutal battle with a private security company to prevent the demolition of their old neighborhood. In the midst of this turmoil, Tang Yijie, director of the municipal building commission, falls from a roof and dies. Young police officer Yang Jiadong takes over the case. Other crimes that have never been solved soon come to light. Or perhaps were never meant to be solved? When Yang is suspended from duty without much explanation, he continues to investigate on his own.

Guangzhou in southern China is a city of modern buildings, luxury facades and endless chains of skyscrapers. And yet here of all places, people have to fight for their living space. While an excavator demolishes a kindergarten in the background, the city's inhabitants engage in a brutal battle with a private security company to prevent the demolition of their old quarter. In the midst of this turmoil, Tang Yijie, director of the municipal building commission, falls from a roof and dies. A young police officer named Yang Jiadong takes up the case. Before long, other crimes come to light that have never been solved. Or maybe they were not meant to be solved? When Yang is suspended from duty without any proper explanation, he continues his investigation on his own initiative.

Price information:

Student 12 Euro (on-site) / Normal 13 Euro