The Shadowless Tower
Director Zhang Lu Screenwriter Zhang Lu
Film Information
Director:
Zhang Lu
Genre:
Drama
Language:
Mandarin
Screenwriter:
Zhang Lu
Country/Region:
Chinese Mainland
Running Time:
144 min
Cast:
Xin Baiqing, Huang Yao, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Nan Ji
Synopsis
The Shadowless Tower (its title referring to a 13th-century Buddhist temple known to locals for its odd shape and noteworthy lack of shade) follows the compelling, distinctly human rhythms of Gu Wentong (Xin Baiqing), an aging divorcé who has abandoned his love of poetry writing to become a food critic. Estranged from his disgraced father (hauntingly inhabited by legendary Fifth Generation Chinese filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang) and only occasionally there for his adorable young daughter, who is being watched by his sister and brother-in-law, Gu feels unmoored from life. When, on a work gig, he emotionally connects with a fiercely independent 25-year-old photographer (the marvelous Huang Yao), he suddenly finds himself confronting his unsettled past and destabilized present.
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