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22/08/2023 Drama 1h 40m
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Overview

In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.

  1. Anthony Chen

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Zhou Dongyu

    Nana

  2. Liu Haoran

    Hao Feng

  3. Qu Chuxiao

    Han Xiao

  4. Ruguang Wei

    Fugitive

  5. Liu Baisha

    Nana's Teammate

  6. Zhao Wenhao

    Coach Driver

  7. Li Yusheng

    The Groom

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant
Written by Brent Marchant on 2024-04-30
No matter how hard a film tries to convey a profound message through imagery and symbolism, if it doesn’t have a cohesive narrative underlying that undertaking, it’s not likely to succeed. Such is the case with this latest offering from writer-director Anthony Chen, who tells the story of three diverse but disconnected twenty-somethings (Dongyu Zhou, Haoran Liu, Chuxiao Qu) seeking to find their way in life in the northern Chinese city of Yanji, not far from the North Korean border. Set in the dead of winter, this unlikely trio comes together through impromptu (and, in all honesty, seeming...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Chinese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$2,900,000.00

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