The leading clown role in a renowned theatre troupe passes on, and is welcomed into the underworld. As he relives his vivid memories one last time before entering the afterlife, fifty years of art, struggle and love play out against the background of 20th-century China’s tumultuous history.
Winner of the Special Prize of the Jury at yhe Locarno Film Festival.
Jiao Ma Tang Hui
2021
General Audiences
169 min.
Fiction
Hong Kong, France
Hong Kong, France, supernatural, magic realism, memory, authoritarianism, social pressure, history, underworld, awarded films, international festivals
Colorido
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