Dwelling By West Lake
After a pair of features, it was his third film in 2019’s Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (which landed a spot in the Critics’ Week section in Cannes) that put the filmmaker on the map. Gu Xiaogang moved into the second part of a proposed trilogy with Dwelling By West Lake back in September of last year.
Gist: The film is a re-imagining of the widely known Chinese Buddhist folk story about a boy named Mulian rescuing his mother from hell, considered to be a parable about the virtues of filial piety. When Mulian’s mother is sent to hell because of misdeeds during her lifetime, Mulian breaks into the underworld to save her, ultimately succeeding after several lifetimes worth of efforts.
Release Date/Prediction: We think this will be headed to Venice, unless Locarno offers it a Golden Leopard comp spot.
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