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Only the Shadows Move

20230.0 / 1025 min
Drama

Overview

Kevin, a young theatre director from Hong Kong, is searching for ideas for his next play with his team, hoping to get funding for an overseas production. Frank, a middle-aged hairdresser in Berlin, is performing his daily routine. Coincidences bring them together, though their friendship is dictated by the parameters of the smartphone. Kevin decides to adapt the stories of the Berlin Wall to the stage, as old memories of living in East Berlin come flooding back to Frank. Shadows, in their literal and metaphorical sense, become the third wheel which silently alters their lives and turns into a story that transcends the boundaries of reason. Through this experimental work, director Terence LI sheds light on the inner space-time of the queer and the displaced.

Cast

Anderson Tsang Man-kin

Anderson Tsang Man-kin

Marcus Meyer

Marcus Meyer

Ben Rademacher

Ben Rademacher

Crew

Hu Yat-lam

Hu Yat-lam

Producer

Cemil Sorgun

Cemil Sorgun

Cinematography

Vitor Bunkenburg

Vitor Bunkenburg

Producer

Terence Li

Terence Li

Writer

Kitty Yeung

Kitty Yeung

Cinematography

Terence Li

Terence Li

Director