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THE THE
 
Director_ LI Hongqi
 
China 2020 82min DCP Color feature Fiction
Review

This “movie” is both hysterical and incredibly quiet. Even though the actors are “real people,” the film is actually an “animation” in the true sense. A “stage” emerges from two forces of infinite expansion and infinite contraction that simultaneously tug at one another. Eight “puppets” are dragged onto the “stage.” Two “puppets” whose strings are broken appear and disappear. They pull at each other´s hair, trying to break away from the “stage.” They are unable to achieve anything. Their unrelenting feelings of frustration only strengthen their impulses to break free from the “stage.”
In addition, even without wearing any glasses, you can consider this a 3D or VR movie in the true sense. If you remove the “glasses” you have been wearing since birth, maybe “you” can “discover” a little something from this “world.

CREDIT
  • ProducerQIN Yurui
  • ScreenplayLI Hongqi
  • CinematographyQIN Yurui
  • GafferLI Wangcai
  • Production DesignQIN Yurui
  • Musicit
  • EditorLI Hongqi
  • SoundWANG Ge
CastHU Lifu
DIRECTOR
LI Hongqi 
Born in Shandong, China. His major works include feature films like So Much Rice (2005), Routine Holiday (2008), and Winter Vacation (2010). Winter Vacation won the Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival and KNF Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. THE THE (2020) is his fourth feature film.
Jeonju Office

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