A Tortoise’s Year of Fate

  • Yi Xiong
  • China
  • 2023
  • 20'
  • Yi zhi wu gui de ben ming nian

A factory worker longs for hope while living in poverty and trying to break free from a dead-end future. A melancholic tale about modern society and the decay of freedom.

Subtitles: EN, HR

Yi Xiong

Yi Xiong is a Chinese director and screenwriter living and working between New York and Shanghai. He earned his BA in film studies from the Pratt Institute, and is currently pursuing an MFA the Columbia University School of the Arts.

A Tortoise’s Year of Fate

Director
Yi Xiong
Screenplay
Yi Xiong
Cast
Ziyun Xiong, Zifeng Lin, Wuyang Zhang, Yu Sun, Deping Gu
DOP
Qi Wu
Editing
Sylvia Cong
Producer
Zhenyi Li
Festivals & Awards
Locarno Film Festival

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