The Case (2007)

Original title

Xiang zi

Directed by

Fen Wang

Genre

black comedy film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 27m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An innkeeper in rural Yunnan finds a suitcase in a river that holds a dismembered frozen body. He gets caught up in a strange and darkly comic situation as he tries to figure out what to do with it.

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What happens

The Case is a 2007 Chinese film directed by the female first-time director, Wang Fen. It is the first film of the Yunnan New Film Project, a planned anthology of ten films directed by female Chinese directors, all taking place in the southern province of Yunnan. It was followed by The Park, also in 2007. The film was produced by Filmblog Media with the support of the Yunnan provincial government. The Case follows an innkeeper, played by Wu Gang, who one day comes across a black suitcase floating in the river, only to discover that it contains a body, finely dismembered and frozen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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