The Great Phuket

Competition  Southeast Asian Premiere

Hong Kong/France/Germany/Belgium | 2024 | Mandarin | 97 min | Drama | DCP

Synopsis

Li Xing, a 14 yo teenager, lives in the Great Phuket district of Kunming in central China, a setting of ruins and reconstruction that illustrates the transformation of contemporary China. School brings him nothing but problems and his family, in the grip of its own torments, does not help him to solve them. One day, he finds a shelter in an underground passage where he can escape his teenage life and where strange things happen…

Credits

Original Title 小半截
English Title The Great Phuket
Country Hong Kong/France/Germany/Belgium
Exhibition Format DCP
Director Liu Yaonan
Producer Cyriac Auriol, Zuolong Shan
Screenplay Liu Yaonan
Cinematography Liu Yaonan
Cast Li Rongkun, Yang Xuan, Kang Hang, Liu Huiyun, You Junwen

Company

Remora Films
Cyriac Auriol
cyriac@remorafilms.com

Sales

Parallax Films – Asia
Liuying Cao
info@parallaxchina.com

MPM Premium – Worldwide except Asia
Quentin Worthington
sales@mpmpremium.com

Director

Liu Yaonan

China

After graduated from Beijing Normal University (Bachelor of Cinema), he worked as set photographer, making-of director and assistant director. In 2013 he came to France where he continued his study of fine art, he got his French National Art Diploma in 2016. The Great Phuket is his first feature film.

Screening Schedule

25-Jul-24
Thu
20:00
Hall 1
GSC MyTown
26-Jul-24
Fri
18:00
Hall 12
GSC LaLaport BBCC