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A Tortoise’s Year of Fate

Partner: Lights On   |   Locarno – Pardi di domani

Director: Yi Xiong
Filmmaker's profile

A factory worker longing for hope in his impoverished life and trying to liberate himself from his unpromising future. A melancholic tale of modernity and the decay of liberty.

Details

Duration: 20min.

Country: China

Language: Mandarin (Chinese)

Year: 2023

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: Asian, Crisis, Economic status, Every Day Life, Poverty, Social, Society, Struggle, Work

Cast & Crew

Director: Yi Xiong

Production company: Zhenyi Li; Huihui Lou

Writer: Yi Xiong

Cinematographer: Qi Wu

Editor: Sylvia Cong

Actors: Ziyun Xiong , Zifeng Lin , Wuyang Zhang , Yu Sun , Deping Gu

Distributor Company: Lights On

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