Handscape

Overview

Contemporary Shanghai, summer. Xia Qing, a boy who has been wearing Cochlear Implants due to hearing impairment, has a deep love for dancing. He gains so much joy just from copying Martha Graham’s hand gestures in a dance magazine. A kid with a precocious nature, he sometimes paints his pinky nail red just for that glimpse of beauty. Yet all these passionate pursuits are misunderstood and questioned by his single, deaf mother. Given the opportunity to audition for his favorite dance company once in a blue moon, he has no choice but to return to his body--He seeks his mother’s approval and longs to overcome this obscure self-identity crisis, through the silent language on his fingertips.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 30, 2020

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

China

Cast

Zhenyu Tang

Director

Yiru Chen

Writer

Anke Baier,Yiru Chen

Producer

Kaiwen Chen

Budget

$46,100

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt14924692