A ROADSIDE BANQUET
鸡毛掸子
Directed by Peiqi PengCast: Eon Song, Jizhong Zhang, Sarah Zhai
- China, USA
- Coming of Age, Drama, Family, Fantasy, International, Student, Women
- Mandarin
- Subtitled
- 2022
- 16 mins
- West Coast premiere
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shareAn American Film Institute Thesis film, A ROADSIDE BANQUET takes place one day in mid-2010s China, soon after the abolishment of the One Child Policy. 11-year-old Mai is attending her baby brother’s very first birthday party when she learns a crushing truth: her parents never really wanted a girl.
What’s worse — soon after learning the news, Mai starts turning into a feather duster.
CREDITS
Writer: Peiqi Peng
Producer: Ziqi Gao
Director of Photography: Tianyi Liu
Editor: Christine Ho
Production Designer: Ye ‘Yara’ Wang & Yijie ‘EJ’ Li
Composer: Siyi Chen & Yusi Liu
Sound Designer: Sam Fan
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