Yumen

Overview

Set in a quasi-ghost town that once thrived with oil in China's arid northwest, Yumen is a haunting, fragmented tale of hungry souls, restless youth, a wandering artist and a lonely woman, all searching for human connection among the town's crumbling landscape. One part "ruin porn", one part "ghost story”, and entirely shot on 16mm, the film brings together performance art, narrative gesture, and social realism not only to play with convention and defy genre, but also to pay homage to a disappearing life-world and a fading medium.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 12, 2013

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Production

SEL

Cast

Huang Xiang,Xu Ruotao,Chen Xuehua

Director

J.P. Sniadecki,Xu Ruotao,Huang Xiang

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt2735438