Chen Sheng is an ex-con who was recently released from jail and has set up a low-key medical practice in the town of Kaili, in southwestern China. Chen spends his time lamenting the loss of his wife, who died while he was in jail, and lending a little paternal care to his nephew Weiwei. When Weiwei disappears, Chen sets off to find him, which quietly erases the line between the past, present and future. Poet-turned-director Bi Gan transforms his lyricism from page to screen in a debut feature that won Best Emerging Director at the Locarno Film Festival.
Press
"Dreamy, poetry-filled and prone to veering off on tangents, the picture teases viewers with such self-assurance it's difficult to believe the twentysomething director is a first-timer." - Hollywood Reporter
Director Bio
Bi Gan, a Chinese young director and poet, was born in Kaili, Guizhou in 1989.
In 2013 the film, Diamond Sutra, received the Special Mention Award in the Asian New Force Category of the 19th IFVA Festival (the Incubator for Film and Visual media in Asia), Hong Kong.
Kaili Blues is his first narrative feature film. Currently Bi Gan is preparing his second feature film, The Last Night on Earth.