Synopsis
The very ancient tradition of storytellers moving from valley to valley by bringing the last news tends to get lost. A couple, experimented in this street entertainment, only now play on request. But when the loudspeaker of another announcest the representation, the farmers of valleys lost in the North of the Middle empire gather, to listen and always have the same pleasure to escape with their story.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Solferino Images
- Foreign production company : Sichuan Radio & Television
- Film exports/foreign sales : Écrans des Mondes (ICTV)
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Michel Noll
- Screenwriter : Wenqing Zhang
- Director of Photography : Wenqing Zhang
- Editors : Cécile Beaulande, Stanislas Koch
- Sound Recordist : Olivier Lafuma
- Foreign Producer : Chaoyang Cheng
- Production Manager : Éric Lambert
- Sound Editor : Olivier Lafuma
- Sound Mixer : Olivier Lafuma
- Narrator : Dominique Malige
Media Gallery
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : Chinese
- Coproducer countries : France, China
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, China)
- Production year : 2009
- Runtime : 51 min 55 seconds
- Visa number : 122.321
- Visa issue date : 23/01/2009
- Production formats : HDV
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 4/3
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
News & awards
About
Film from the collection China Wakes up.
Movies and programs to discover
MyFrenchShorts
Full movie to watch for free!
Butterfly, by Florence Miailhe
A man swims in the sea. This brings back memories. They are all connected to water, from his early childhood to his adult life. This will be the story of his last swim.
🦋 'Butterfly' won the Crystal Bear Young People's Jury at the Berlinale and was selected for the Official Competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it received the André Martin Prize.
