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Striding Into the Wind

Available to rent for $7.99
March 25 - April 28
Directed by Wei Shujun
2021, China, 129 min
Mandarin with English subtitles

Film school student Kun graduates into a real-world that moves too fast to care about his auteur aspirations and sound recording skills. Yearning for an escape away from Beijing’s grinding survival races, he sets off for a film shoot in Inner Mongolia’s lush grasslands, where amusing man-made spectacles and unforgettable lessons await him. With three Cannes official selections under his belt at the age of 30, writer-director Wei Shujun is an unstoppable force rising from the Chinese indie film scene. In the debut inspired by his real-life experience, he leisurely delivers sharp observations of the embarrassments surrounding film education and indie filmmaking in a money-oriented society with witty humor.

Reviews

...easily one of the best Chinese indie or arthouse films of the last few years... 
- James Mudge, EasternKicks
...elegantly dry-humoured about the film-making game... it should also appeal to admirers of the hangdog comic school of Jarmusch, Kaurismäki et...You can’t help admire director Wei’s comic self-deprecation in making his autobiographical alter ego such an out-and-out dope.
- Jonathan Romney, Screen International
a deliriously entertaining and wryly funny snapshot of contemporary youth in China...This visually striking project in its elegance yet jocular idiosyncrasy marks a stellar debut from Shujun.
- Andrew Murray, The Upcoming
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