TABUN MAHABUDA

After an accident on the job, a stuntman returns to the city and tries to get back into his usual routine, preparing for auditions and spending lots of time with his girlfriend, who is an actress. When the girl offers him the starring role in the film she is working on, the man finds himself confronted with an unexpected opportunity which puts him face-to-face with himself and his aspirations.

“We are all expected to act in certain roles and the question is: how much of it is real? How much can we really call our own or grab hold of and say, ‘This is the real me!’ That’s a question that goes beyond culture. The core of the film is the idea of perception, of reality, of what is real or true and what is imagined or made up.” (Emyr Ap Richard)

“One of the reasons the film was created was because I personally wanted to change and I wanted to understand this process within myself. The transformation in the movie is my personal transformation and I’ve stopped my progression in art while making this movie. I’m looking for real art; this movie is going towards this idea.” (Darhard Erdenibulag)

regia/directors Emyr Ap Richard, Darhard Erdenibulag
soggetto/story dal racconto/from the short story The Five Elements di/by Darhard Erdenibulag
sceneggiatura/screenplay Emyr Ap Richard, Oliver Claycamp fotografia/cinematography Emyr Ap Richard
montaggio/film editing Kong Jing Lei, Matthieu Laclau
scenografia/production design Darhad Erdenibulag
suono/sound Fu Kang
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Huntun Batu (X), Hasjula (Y), Undurakh (la fidanzata/girlfriend), Todbilig (il fidanzato/boyfriend), Altangerel (lo scrittore/writer), Sechenbilig (l’insegnante/teacher)
produttore/producer Jessica N. Liu
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Lenah Films