Handscape
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Duration: 00:18:39
Country/Region:
China Mainland
Release Year: 2020
Release Year: 2020
Publish Date: 08 August 2049 00:00:00 UTC
Story:
Contemporary Shanghai, summer. Xia Qing, a boy who has been wearing hearing aids due to hearing impairment, has a deep love for dancing. He gains so much joy just from copying Martha Graham’s hand gestures in a dance magazine. A kid with a precocious nature, he sometimes paints his pinky nail red just for that glimpse of beauty. Yet all these passionate pursuits are misunderstood and questioned by his single, deaf mother. Given the opportunity to audition for his favorite dance company once in a blue moon, he has no choice but to return to his body. He seeks his mother’s approval and longs to overcome this obscure self-identity crisis, through the silent language on his fingertips.
Contemporary Shanghai, summer. Xia Qing, a boy who has been wearing hearing aids due to hearing impairment, has a deep love for dancing. He gains so much joy just from copying Martha Graham’s hand gestures in a dance magazine. A kid with a precocious nature, he sometimes paints his pinky nail red just for that glimpse of beauty. Yet all these passionate pursuits are misunderstood and questioned by his single, deaf mother. Given the opportunity to audition for his favorite dance company once in a blue moon, he has no choice but to return to his body. He seeks his mother’s approval and longs to overcome this obscure self-identity crisis, through the silent language on his fingertips.
Cast
Yiru CHEN
Directors
Runtime :
19
minutes
Language :
Subtitles :
Chinese, English
Festivals&Awards :
2020 Shanghai Queer Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize
2020 Reel Asian International Film Festival
2021 Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
2021 Queer East Film Festival
Cast
Yiru CHEN
Director
