CHINAMAN
synopsis
Keld is in a rut. His wife of 25 years has left him. For sustenance, he eats his way through the menu at the local China grill. The owner talks him into a marriage of convenience with his sister from China and the unplanned-for happens. A delicate romance blossoms between these two damaged, fragile individuals, but a secret gives their relationship a fateful twist. A subtle and touching story of life’s diversity.
international title: | CHINAMAN |
original title: | KINAMAND |
country: | Denmark, Norway, Sweden |
sales agent: | Nordisk Film International Sales |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Henrik Ruben Genz |
film run: | 88' |
release date: | DK 01/04/2005 |
screenplay: | Kim Fupz Aakeson, Kim Fupz Aakeson |
cast: | Bjarne Henriksen, Vivian Wu, Lin Kun Wu, Paw Henriksen, Charlotte Fich |
cinematography by: | Sebastian Blenkov |
film editing: | Mette Zeruneith |
art director: | Niels Sejer |
music: | Gisle Kverndokk |
producer: | Thomas Gammeltoft |
production: | Fine & Mellow Productions A/S, DRTV Danish Broadcasting Corporation / DR Danmarks Radio / DR Drama, Nordisk Film (DK) , Svensk Filmindustri (SE) Maipo, Norsk Filmfond (NO) |
backing: | DFI (Danish Film Institute) + New Danish Screen, Swedish Film Institute, Nordic Film & Television Fund |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution |