xiao qiang
had a daydream
小强做了一个白日梦

A film directe by Xisi Sofia Ye Chen

In distribution

Xiao Qiang lives with his grandparents in a Chinese mountain village. One afternoon, while playing by the river, he hears a motorbike and runs to hide in the forest, where he gets lost. Late at night, he comes upon a Buddhist temple where he’ll experience something that will lead him to make the first important decision of his life.

“Xiao Qiang Had A Daydream is a story closely linked to my personal biography. My parents had migrated to Spain, fleeing precariousness and poverty. They left my brother behind in a Chinese village, where he lived until he was 12 years old. Over the years I lived with my parents in Spain, separated from my brother, I imagined his daily life in China, his orphanhood and loneliness. That was the starting point for this short film.”

WORK TEAM

Director

Xisi Sofia Ye Chen

Direction Assistant

Marc Cuscó

Script

Xisi Sofia Ye Chen

Production

Lingzhu Chen, Xisi Sofia Ye Chen

Direction of Photography

Xisi Sofia Ye Chen & Weiqian Guo

Edition

Anna M. Beltri

Full Cast

Minghao Lin, Zhongliu Zhang, Huanyin Lin, Li Lin

Color Correction

Prunelle Mathet Girardeau

Sound Design

Biel Blancafort

Sound Mix

Eloy Rodríguez

Original Music

Biel Blancafort

Graphic Design

Edu Vila

PRODUCTION

Year

2019

Genre

Short film docufiction

Lenght

17 min

Original Version

Mandarin

Projection Format

DCP 2K Dolby 5.1

Status

In distribution

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