Virgin Blue

Niu Xiaoyu / China

Screening

Cinemes Girona

06-11-2022, 12:00 h.

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Film Information

Year: 2021

Duration: 100'

Language: VOSE

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

After graduating from college, Yezi returns home to spend her last summer vacation with her grandmother, who has been living alone n  since her husband’s death. The house is full of memories that gradually take shape. Sometimes they appear in the form of a cat, a plant, or something else; and other times, they manifest as real people. The grandmother begins to deal with the lack of memory and time does not loger have a meaning.

Director

Niu Xiaoyu graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor’s degree in animation and a master’s degree in experimental film. When she was starting out, she produced two short films, Summer Fever (2013) and Summer Fever II (2017), which were selected for the 10th China Independent Film Festival, before shooting the film that we presented at AFFBCN 2022.