Kun bang shang tian tang

Xia Yo is a wealthy, engaged businesswoman, Xu Zitai is a street vendor and day laborer from the most humble of backgrounds. She is exhausted and frustrated, he is disillusioned and cynical. And yet, they both see something in each other from the moment they meet. The air crackles. It is the beginning of a great love, up against all the odds that the world can throw at them. Firstly, there is her violent fiancé, who follows her everywhere. Then there is Xu Zitai’s inexorably advancing illness – and his refusal to seek treatment. (Festival information, IFFMH 2024)