Un printemps d’ailleurs
Quebec's cinema
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Quebec's cinema
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Li Fang is a Chinese immigrant who has been living in Montreal for over 10 years. Her infertility and her violent separation from her Québécois husband, Eric, have pushed her to the brink of despair. Escaping the chaos in Montreal, Li Fang visits her grandfather in Dazu, her birthplace in south China. The support and inspiration provided by her family and an old lover help her break the impasse in her life.
View the trailer Press kitXiaodan He
Xiaodan He, a Canadian filmmaker, born in 1975 in China, has studied film production at the Beijing Film Academy in China from 1993 to 1997. Being a Chinese ethnic minority, Naxi, she then worked for the Yunnan Minority Film Studio as an assistant producer and an assistant director.
In 2002, Xiaodan directed her first film, The Dance of The Star. It is a story about the lost of Naxi Dongba culture in China. In the same year, she moved to Montreal, Canada and has continued her work as a filmmaker. In 2005, her short film on the life of the immigrants: Cairo Calling, has received a resounding success, with screenings in over 50 festivals around the world and 2 audience awards.
In 2009, Xiaodan finished her documentary, The Fall of Womenland. Coming from the same ethnic background as the Mosuo, Xiaodan went back again to the region to find out the truth behind the controversial sexual custom that once made her feel ashamed of her roots as a youngster. Presently, Xiaodan He’s latest feature fiction, A Touch of Spring, as well as her documentary, A Journey with My Father, are both in post-production. She is also writing her next screenplay, Montréal, ma belle.