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Gu Wentong er en middelaldrende, skilt matkritiker. Datteren, som han bare besøker innimellom, bor hos søsteren og hennes mann. Som del av jobben treffer han Ouyang Wenhui, en frittalende og mye yngre fotograf, og de starter snart et forhold. En dag får Wentong vite hvor faren hans, som han ikke har sett siden han var et barn, bor, og med Wenhuis støtte forsøker han å gjenopprette kontakten.

The Shadowless Tower er en stille og reflektert film som tar seg god tid til å nå kjernen av karakterene og deres utfordringer, et grep som lar de mange små øyeblikkene få bli betydningsfulle i seg selv. Etter verdenspremieren på årets filmfestival i Berlin har den vunnet flere priser, blant annet prisene for beste film og foto ved Silk Road International Film Festival.

«A perfectly paced and intricately structured film, The Shadowless Tower pulls off the intoxicating trick of making the world feel smaller and more intimate than it first appears.»

– Patrick Gamble, Little White Lies –

Lu Zhang (f. 1962) er en kinesisk regissør, manusforfatter og produsent med bakgrunn som forfatter og litteraturprofessor. Etter at hans første film, kortfilmen Eleven (2001), ble valgt ut til å delta på filmfestivalen i Venezia, gikk han over til å være regissør på fulltid.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between Gu Wentong, a middle-aged man, and the young photographer Ouyang Wenhui in this humorous and lovely drama about human connections and relations.

Gu Wentong is a middle-aged, divorced food critic. His daughter, who he barely visits, lives with his sister and her husband. Through work he meets Ouyang Wenhui, an outspoken, far younger photographer, who he soon enters a relationship with. One day, Wentong is informed of where his father, who he has not seen since he was a child, lives, and with Wenhui by his side he attempts to reconnect.

The Shadowless Tower is a quiet, thoughtful film that takes its time to unravel its characters and their conflicts, leaving many small, poignant moments to stand on their own. After its world premiere at Berlin Film Festival the film has received several awards, including the ones for Best Film and Best Photo at Silk Road International Film Festival.

«A perfectly paced and intricately structured film, The Shadowless Tower pulls off the intoxicating trick of making the world feel smaller and more intimate than it first appears.»

– Patrick Gamble, Little White Lies –

Lu Zhang (b. 1962) is a Chinese director, writer and producer who used to work as a novelist and literature professor. After his first filmmaking effort, the short film Eleven (2011), was selected for the Venice International Film Festival, he took up the profession full-time.

//Omtale Jenny Lund//