Competition - New Directors
Peacock (2005)
China
The film portrays life for a family with the Chinese Cultural Revolution at its peak. This was a period when millions of people were transferred by force up-country. The story is told from the point of view of three brothers. One of them, the oldest, is overweight and mentally handicapped and is the victim of every conceivable type of prejudice and humiliation in the neighborhood. His brothers are embarrassed by the situation: they reject him and have even thought in terms of doing away with him. His mother, on the other hand, has plans to pay a girl, equally handicapped, money to marry him. Disillusion instills in the younger brothers the desire to leave town, as the only alternative to getting themselves rid of the problem.
| SESSION | DATE | THEATER |
|---|---|---|
| 147 | 10/23 Sunday 17:20 |
Unibanco Arteplex 2 |
| 762 | 10/31 Monday 20:50 |
Cineclube Vitrine 1 |
| 796 | 11/01 Tuesday 15:20 |
Unibanco Arteplex 1 |
| 1030 | 11/05 Saturday 20:30 |
Sala Cinemateca |
Gu Changwei
screenplay
Li Qiang
cinematographer
Yang Shu
edition
Liu Sha, Yan Tao
cast
Zhang Jingchu, Feng Li, Lu Yulai, Huang Meiying, Zhao Yiwei, Liu Lei, Wang Lan
producer
Dong Ping, Gu Changwei
production company
Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Media Production
world sales
Wang Wei
136 minutes
color, 35mm