Chinese New Generation section

Updated: 2017-10-30
( chinadaily.com.cn)

One Night on the Wharf

Director: Han Dong

Scriptwriter: Han Dong

Starring: Chai Chenggang/Liang Jingdong/Gao Bo/ Han Sanming

Category: Drama

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Length: 99min

Four rather unremarkable poets experience a night of bizarre and inexplicable events when a misadventure leaves them stuck on a wharf in a village. The poets attempt to while away the hours by striking up a conversation with a local salesgirl, but find themselves unexpectedly dragged into an altercation with gangsters…

End of Summer

Director: Zhou Quan

Scriptwriter: Zhou Quan

Starring: Zhuo Tan/Zhang Songwen/ Dong Qing/Ku Pao-ming

Category: Drama

Country: China

Language: Chinese

Length: 105min

Set during the 1998 World Cup, the film tells the stories of three males –– a boy who loves football, a middle-aged Chinese teacher who falls in love, and an old man; in a small town in South China.