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Rural China is often object of bleak documentaries picturing the harsh realm of post-socialist China, but “Absurd Accident”, the debut feature of young film-maker Li Yuhe, produced by Hong Kong veteran Derek Yee, is showing a different and unconventional picture of provincial life. His refreshing indie noir has gained few nominations in important Film Festivals and has placed its young director in the spotlight.

“Absurd Accident” is streaming on CathayPlay (North America exclusively)

Yang Baiwan (Xixu Chen) and Ma Lilian (Ye Gao) are the young married couple that runs the Gods Are Coming Inn, a place renowned in the whole sparsely populated region for delicious handmade noodles. But Baiwan is a repressed man; not only he is sexually impotent, he also lives in fear that his wife is having affairs with any walking male in the village. His anger is boiling under surface and the pressure is getting very high because Baiwan,...

Synopsis:

Bouncing with nail-biting suspense and ingenious humor, young Chinese filmmaker Li Yuhe’s feature debut portrays a puzzling crime happened in a rural small town, where greed, lust and wit battle it out in one night. It all starts from a sexually impotent motel owner hiring a pro to murder his cheating wife. Everything goes exactly as planned, until two blind daters, a robber, a policeman and a strange dead body unexpectedly arrive

Official Selection, New York Asian American International Film Festival

Nomination, Best Screenplay, Shanghai International Film Festival New Asian Talent

Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival

Director: Yuhe Li

Executive Producer: Derek Yee

Starring: Xixu Chen, Ye Gao, Suxi Ren, Bo Dong, Yunfei Lou

“a modern moral tale of the consequences of greed, wealth and a distorted masculine ideal on an unprepared rural community and is delivered with a light touch, a fast...

Rural China is often object of bleak documentaries picturing the harsh realm of post-socialist China, but “Absurd Accident”, the debut feature of young film-maker Li Yuhe, produced by Hong Kong veteran Derek Yee, is showing a different and unconventional picture of provincial life. His refreshing indie noir has gained few nominations in important Film Festivals and has placed its young director in the spotlight. Absurd Accident is released by Cheng Cheng Films

Yang Baiwan (Xixu Chen) and Ma Lilian (Ye Gao) are the young married couple that runs the Gods Are Coming Inn, a place renowned in the whole sparsely populated region for delicious handmade noodles. But Baiwan is a repressed man; not only he is sexually impotent, he also lives in fear that his wife is having affairs with any walking male in the village. His anger is boiling under surface and the pressure is getting very high because Baiwan,...

Synopsis:

Bouncing with nail-biting suspense and ingenious humor, young Chinese filmmaker Li Yuhe’s feature debut portrays a puzzling crime happened in a rural small town, where greed, lust and wit battle it out in one night. It all starts from a sexually impotent motel owner hiring a pro to murder his cheating wife. Everything goes exactly as planned, until two blind daters, a robber, a policeman and a strange dead body unexpectedly arrive.

Official Selection, New York Asian American International Film Festival Nomination, Best Screenplay, Shanghai International Film Festival New Asian Talent

Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival

Highlights on Asian Movie Pulse Review Absurd Accident by Richard Yu by Adriana Rosati

Director Li has put together a classic comedy with flare, shot in 24 days with a tiny budget and a bunch of little-known yet excellent theatre actors, in a mood that recalls the quirky frontier stories of...

Rural China is often object of bleak documentaries picturing the harsh realm of post-socialist China, but “Absurd Accident”, the debut feature of young film-maker Li Yuhe, produced by Hong Kong veteran Derek Yee, is showing a different and unconventional picture of provincial life. His refreshing indie noir has gained few nominations in important Film Festivals and has placed its young director in the spotlight.

Absurd Accident is released from Cheng Cheng Films

Yang Baiwan (Xixu Chen) and Ma Lilian (Ye Gao) are the young married couple that runs the Gods Are Coming Inn, a place renowned in the whole sparsely populated region for delicious handmade noodles. But Baiwan is a repressed man; not only he is sexually impotent, he also lives in fear that his wife is having affairs with any walking male in the village. His anger is boiling under surface and the pressure is getting very high because Baiwan,...