Buddha Mountain
Not Applicable
LI Yu China 2010 105 min NC16 (Some Scenes of Intimacy)
Three wayward youths move in with a retired opera singer who is grappling with her own fresh grief.
Disillusioned with their university entrance exams and circumstances, three friends—a singer, a runaway and his sidekick—decide to chart their own paths by renting a place together. Their landlady, Teacher Chang, is an overbearing former opera singer who is grieving the loss of a family member. Tensions between the trio and Teacher Chang arise due to conflicting ways of life, but young and old eventually form their own makeshift family as they love and learn from each other.
Filled with teenage angst and ennui, this coming- of-age film reflects the restless youths’ existential anguish. Knitted together with an elder’s perspective on loss, Buddha Mountain presents a moving ode to the impermanence of life.
3 Dec, Sun 6:30PM / 105 min
Oldham Theatre
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Buddha Mountain
观音山
LI Yu
China
2010
Mandarin
English
105 min
NC16 (Some Scenes of Intimacy)
Not Applicable
LI Yu
Coming from a documentary background, director LI Yu’s application of documentary style to narratives is unique in her portrayal of modern China. Her fourth narrative feature, Buddha Mountain (2010) won Best Asian Feature Film at the 24th SGIFF, and Best Artistic Contribution Award and Fan Bingbing a Best Actress award in Tokyo. Fan Bingbing stars in all four of her features.
FAN Bingbing
Sylvia CHANG
CHEN Bolin
FANG Li
LI Yu
FANG Li
CONTACT
Beijing Laurel Films Co., Ltd.
