33° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
TORINOFILMLAB 2015

UNDERGROUND FRAGRANCE

UNDERGROUND FRAGRANCE
by Pengfei
Country: France, China
Year: 2015
Duration: 75'


Three lives stimulated by the “Chinese dream.” Yong Le has moved to Beijing from the South; he lives in an old air raid shelter and salvages furniture he then resells. One day he has an accident which leaves him temporarily blind and as he clutches a rope to find his way out he encounters Xiao Yun, another immigrant who camps out in the shelter and is trying to leave the nightclub where she works as a pole dancer. Their relationship helps them look to the future with more optimism. But the problems don’t only exist for those who live underground: even in the city the situation is difficult, as old Jin well knows. His house is to be demolished and he counts on Yong Le to sell his furniture.

Biography

film director

Pengfei Pengfei

Pengfei (China) was born in a family linked to the Beijing opera scene: it had a profound influence on him as a consequence and it made him acquire an undeniable attachment to traditional Chinese art and culture. After his diploma in film direction at the Institut international de l’image et du son in France, he began working from 2008 onwards as assistant director for the Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang. He was assistant director on the film Face. Underground Fragrance is his first feature film, and premiered at Venice Days 2015. It received development support from CineMart Rotterdam, the TorinoFilmLab, the Cinereach Award of Sundance Writer Lab and the Cinéfondation of the Cannes Film Festival.

FILMOGRAFIA

Ideal and Reality (cm, 2005), Luxury Article (cm, 2007), Underground Fragance (2015).

Declaration

film director

“Demolitions, relocations and housing explosions imply a relation with the ground, the earth, the element that is maybe the most important for Chinese people. China is in ‘transition’ and in the movement which the word implies, many have to build or rebuild their habitat. The film is nothing but a reflection of reality, and it is far from having all the toughness of it.”

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Pengfei
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Pengfei, Isabelle Mayor
fotografia/cinematography
Shu Chou
montaggio/film editing
Isabelle Mayor
scenografia, costumi/production design, costume design
Wang Chaohui
musica/music
Jean-Christophe Onno
suono/sound
Tu Duu-chih, Tu Yi-ching, Li Minna
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ying Ze (Xiao Yun), Luo Wenjie (Yong Le), Zhao Fuyu (il vecchio/old Jin), Li Xiaohui (la moglie del vecchio Jin/old Jin’s wife)
produttori/producers
Vincent Wang, Ying Ze
produzione/production
House on Fire, Mishka Productions
coproduttore/coproducer
Ying Ze


contatti/contacts
UDI - Urban Distribution Int.
Arnaud Belangeon-Bouaziz
arnaud@urbandistrib.com
www.urbandistrib.com
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