GREEN WAVE
DIRECTOR: LEI XU.
111 minutes. CHINA. 2024. Languages: CHINESE MANDARIN. Subtitled. COLOUR.
ORIGINAL TITLE: QIAN CHENG SI JIN
Winner Jury Prize and Best Actor, Pingyao Crouching Tigers Hidden Dragons Internation Film Festival 2024; In competition and Opening film Udine Far East Film Festival 2025; Hong Kong International Film Festival Firebird Competition 2025.
IFI DUBLIN
tue 13 may 18.20
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eye cinema galway
mon 19 may 18.30
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TRISKEL CORK
THU 15 may 20.00
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Wei Fei (Chuanjun Wang), a struggling screenwriter living in Beijing, finds himself left behind in the fast-paced world of the film industry. Yet the promise of success might finally be within reach when his long-stalled script is finally set for release re-imagined as a ‘Chinese Mecha Sci-fi epic’. At the same time, unannounced, his father Lao Wei (Chaoying Xu) arrives from their rural hometown with a rare bowl possibly from the Song Dynasty: could fortune and fame finally be within reach? Heartfelt and universal, Lei Xu’s second feature, Green Wave is a subtle, often hilarious Chinese family comedy-drama that captures the emotional complexity of a father-son reunion with sharp-witted social commentary.
(Marie-Pierre Richard for EAFFI Discoveries)