Eight Diagrams
FU Xinhua, who lives in urban villages for a long time, is the best director to tell the stories of urban villages. These absurd but realistic stories can only be told by ‘New Guangzhou People’ who cannot speak Cantonese, in a vulgar yet interesting way.
On Chinese New Year’s Eve, a dazed man was wandering the streets of Guangzhou and waiting for his girlfriend of yesteryear; in the old district of the city, a woman was begging with her girl before they met a middle-aged man who invited them to have a barbecue and made a suggestion; two security guards in a hospital decided to visit sex workers in an urban village as they had won some money playing mahjong…This dark comedy, consisting of three impossible stories that actually happen, does indulge in desire and sentimentality.
Director: FU Xinhua
Cast: YUAN Kongbin, LUO Yunmei, CHEN De, YU Siping
Director Bio:
FU Xinhua
FU does not follow the industry practice when making films. He saves up the money for film production by taking up other jobs. His films, however, never get released in the cinema and suffer huge losses. Therefore, he has to stop making films and save up money again. Filmmaking resumes when he has the budget. His works, obviously feature films, are like documentaries that are realistic and make you scared. On the other hand, they are absurd in a loyal and faithful way, as he still believes in love.