花眼 | Dazzling

Acclaimed avant-garde filmmaker Li Xin presents his second feature, Dazzling, an imaginative and beautifully-made film about two love-seeking angels and a lonely theater usher longing to return to the light. Wu Gang (Wu Lala) is a theater usher who sticks to the shadows. A pair of angels arrives, seeking five love connections to return them to Heaven, and Wu Gang obliges them by finding love in his daydreams. Slowly, the people encountered by Wu Gang at his job begin to invade his dreams, and soon they become pivotal players in Wu Gang’s intricate, imaginative fantasies of love. All the while, Wu Gang waits in the park for his own love to arrive. Filled with lovely images and inventive storytelling, Dazzling is a unique and uncommonly poetic film that speaks to the emotions and imagination of its audience.

Directed by Xin Lee | Starring : Lala Wu, Jinglei Xu, Xuebing Wang, Ting Mei, Juan Li | Presented at Berlin Film Festival, Portland Film Festival

谈情说爱 | Your Black Hair and My Hand

This Hong Kong drama parallels the stories of two young couples, splicing them with dream sequences and a framing story set at a coffee bar where friends have gathered to talk. Their first topic is the strange love affair between tough-guy Rong and poor Min. The two come together after he saves her from loss of face when she is unable to pay her cab fare one night. But she is a girl with secrets. When her father suddenly dies, Rong learns that she is wealthy, and, ever chivalrous, Rong vows to care for her as both a father and a husband. A wedding ensues, but after a three-day honeymoon, Min mysteriously disappears. The coffee shop crowd then launches into the story of Youge, a secretary who falls in love with her already married boss. Her troubles begin when she discovers herself pregnant.

Directed by Xin Lee | Starring : Winston Chao, Ya’nan Wang, Yi-nan Chen, Meng Tang, Xiao Guo | Presented at San Sebastian Film Festival