Butter Lamp (2013)
- Original title
- La Lampe au beurre de yak
- Directed by
- Hu Wei
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A photographer sets up a portable studio in a Tibetan village and takes portraits of local families against painted backdrops. The film shows the reactions of the villagers as they pose for their photographs.
staticquietobservationalpoignantintimateslowsimplerealistic
What happens
Butter Lamp (simplified Chinese: 酥油灯; traditional Chinese: 酥油燈; pinyin: Sūyóu Dēng; French: La lampe au beurre de yak) is a 2013 Chinese-French short drama film directed by Hu Wei. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 87th Academy Awards. The film was shot in a single location and with an entire cast of non-professional actors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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