We went to Wonderland
China
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2008
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B&W
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76 min
This directory compiles the glossaries from all editions of Cines del Sur: eleven already held and the twelfth currently underway. It serves as a living memory of the festival, its films, guests, sections, and spaces for reflection on the cinemas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Arab world. Here you can trace the evolution of its programming, rediscover filmmakers, and follow the thematic threads that have defined Cines del Sur's identity as a meeting point for cultures, perspectives, and ways of understanding cinema from the Global South.
We Went to Wonderland depicts the director's parents' stay at her London home, as well as their travels through various European cities. The film becomes a reflection on the differences between East and West, a comedy of everyday life captured by the camera through the beauty of black and white. Partially filmed with a digital camera, the documentary finds its balance in the disparity of the author's parents: he, unable to speak, writes in a notebook while she raises her voice without any self-control.
Technical Details
Direction:
Xiaolu Guo
Cinematography:
Xiaolu Guo
Music:
Philippe Ciompi
Language:
Mandarin and English
Production:
Philippe Ciompi, Xiaolu Guo
Sound:
Philippe Ciompi
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Screenplay:
Xiaolu Guo
Editing:
Philippe Ciompi
Cast:
Guo Xiu Lin, Li He Ying
Director
Xiaolu Guo
Chinese novelist and filmmaker, Xiaolu Guo developed the screenplay for her feature film Hay Fever (La Chinoise) at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab in 2006. In 2005, her previous film, The Concrete Revolution, won the Grand Prize at the Paris International Human Rights Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize at the EBS Documentary Festival in Korea. How Is Your Fish Today? is Guo's first feature film. In the director's own words: 'Through writing and filmmaking, I try to discover how someone who has always felt like an outsider reveals the truth of human existence in a chaotic reality. I believe the distance between our inner worlds and the outer world can be enormous. Humanity yearns for love and an emotional touch. Art seems to shelter and strengthen the human soul. Shamelessly honest, insightful, poetic, and feminine: that is the starting point of my work.' Her new film, We Went to Wonderland, continues in this discursive vein.
