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Yumen

Yumen

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Set in a quasi-ghost town that once thrived with oil in China's arid northwest, Yumen is a haunting, fragmented tale of hungry souls, restless youth, a wandering artist and a lonely woman, all searching for human connection among the town's crumbling landscape. One part "ruin porn", one part "ghost story”, and entirely shot on 16mm, the film brings together performance art, narrative gesture, and social realism not only to play with convention and defy genre, but also to pay homage to a disappearing life-world and a fading medium.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

65 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

12 February 2013

Country

China

Cast

Chen Xuehua

Chen Xuehua

Huang Xiang

Huang Xiang

Xu Ruotao

Xu Ruotao

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