Green Night

绿夜

HAN Shuai

  • 2023

Canadian Premiere

The 73rd Berlin International Film Festival — Panorama Audience Award Nomination, Teddy Award Nomination

6:30 PM, FRI, AUG 16

Innis Town Hall

Chinese woman Jin Xia (FAN Bingbing) is married to Korean man Lee Seung-hun (KIM Young Ho) to secure her legal status in South Korea. Working at a security checkpoint, her routine life takes an unexpected turn when she encounters a mysterious green-haired girl (LEE Joo Young). Drawn to the enigmatic stranger, Xia is soon swept into the dangerous drug-dealing underworld. One night’s crisis, one lifetime’s echo.

Director

HAN Shuai headshot

Film director and screenwriter HAN Shuai (b. Shandong, China) holds a Ph.D. in Theater and Cinema Studies from the Central Academy of Drama, China. Her debut feature, Summer Blur (2020), won the Grand Prix at Berlinale’s Generation Kplus competition section, the FIPRESCI Award at Busan’s New Currents section, the Jury Award at Pingyao’s Feimu Awards section, Best Director and Best New Actress at Hong Kong’s Firebird Young Cinema competition. Han is also the author of New Impressions Cinema: The Aesthetics of Lou Ye’s Films.

Credits

  • DirectorHAN Shuai
  • Principal CastFAN Bingbing, LEE Joo Young, KIM Young Ho
  • ProducerLIU Ziyi, WANG Jing
  • ScreenplayHAN Shuai, LEI Sheng
  • CinematographerMatthias Devaux, KIM Hyun Seok
  • Production DesignerLEE Hwa Sung
  • Costume DesignerYI Choongyun
  • EditorTom LIN
  • SoundZHU Yunhao
  • MusicHank LEE

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