Yi Lei

Pengwei Wang

China / 2023 / Fiction, Experimental / 14’16”I2400756

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The man who inhabits the sewers lives a life of absolute freedom, monastic purity and self-discipline. On this special day, he returns home to pay a visit to his mother. He hires a working girl to pose as his “fiancé”, and brags about his non-existent “successful career”, just to gain some money from his mother…In this process, the fissures of his peaceful existence are revealed...

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