Kaili Blues | Kanopy

A stunning debut from Chinese director Bi Gan, KAILI BLUES is an audacious, mesmerizing work that announces the arrival of a major new filmmaker.

In a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, two preoccupied doctors live ghost-like lives. One of them, Chen, decides to fulfill a family wish and sets off on a train journey to search for his brother's abandoned child, only to find himself in a dreamlike world where past, present, and future--as well as fantasy and reality--become one.

This remarkable visual achievement, was shot in the mining village Kaili, the director's birthplace, and incorporates poetry he has been writing since he was a teenager.

Winner of Best New Director at the Beijing International Film Festival, the Golden Horse Film Festival, and the Locarno International Film Festival.

"Bi's singular vision bears comparison to those of other geniuses such as Tarkovsky, Sokurov, David Lynch, Luis Bunuel and Apichatpong Weerasethakul." - Peter Keough, Boston Globe

Running Time

110 mins

Year

2015

Kanopy ID

3119576

Filmmakers

Bi Gan

Features

Linyan Liu, Yongzhong Chen, Yue Guo

Languages

Chinese, Mandarin

Subjects

Global Studies & Languages > Asian Studies

Movies > World Cinema

Movies > Drama

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Comments (4)

Thomas

The New York Public Library•1 month ago

unbelievable. incredible mise en scene.

Frank

Carleton College•2 months ago

Bi Gan is so talented

Will

Mount Holyoke College•3 months ago

can't believe its here, this film

haoyun

Boston Architectural College•9 months ago

Memorize of hometown

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