Country: China
Year: 2016
Duration: 105'
Yang Ba, a man of modest origins, has no choice: in order to keep his home from being demolished and to continue paying his son’s school expenses, he has to sell a kidney. The mortally-ill sister of wealthy Li Daguo is to benefit from the transaction. But the operation fails and Li Daguo tries to convince Yang Ba to give up one of his son’s kidneys. But persuasion turns into open threats and Yang Ba finds himself defending his family any way he can. [cg]
Biography
film director
Zang Qiwu
Zang Qiwu (China) began working in film in 1999 as an assistant director. Over the course of his career, he has worked many times with Zhang Yimou, in particular on the sets of Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009), Shan Zha shu zhi lian (2010) and The Flowers of War (2011). The Donor (2016) is his debut feature film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Juan Zeng Zhe (The Donor, 2016).
Declaration
film director
“During shooting, we were very aware of making the shots stunning, and also considerate for post production. Front scene and background are carefully arranged, main characters and minor characters should be distinguishable, same for the layers that showed among characters and all objects in frame. For an ordinary guy like Yang Ba, we caught the simplest and truest aspect of him. When dealing with environment and atmosphere, building atmosphere is the primary consideration, environment is put in second place and not presented intentionally.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Zang Qiwu
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Qin Haiyan, Li Xiaobing
fotografia/cinematography
Dong Jingsong
montaggio/film editing
Liao Qingsong
suono/sound
Li Danfeng
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ni Dahong (Yang Ba), Qi Dao (Li Daguo), Li Zhen (la moglie di Yang Ba/Yang Ba’s wife), Zhang Hang (Li Xiaohui), Zhang Chen (Yang Lebao)
produttori/producers
Geng Wang, Wang Ying
contatti/contacts
Whatsfilm
Jing Liu
liujing@whatsfilm.org
www.whatsfilm.org
Zang Qiwu
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Qin Haiyan, Li Xiaobing
fotografia/cinematography
Dong Jingsong
montaggio/film editing
Liao Qingsong
suono/sound
Li Danfeng
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Ni Dahong (Yang Ba), Qi Dao (Li Daguo), Li Zhen (la moglie di Yang Ba/Yang Ba’s wife), Zhang Hang (Li Xiaohui), Zhang Chen (Yang Lebao)
produttori/producers
Geng Wang, Wang Ying
contatti/contacts
Whatsfilm
Jing Liu
liujing@whatsfilm.org
www.whatsfilm.org
