Someone to Talk To

Overview

An adaptation of Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning novel One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand, produced by Bill Kong. The novel, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize after it was published in 2008, revolves around a divorced woman and her married younger brother and deals with loneliness and alienation in contemporary Chinese society. The film marks the feature debut of award-winning short filmmaker Liu Yulin, who is adapting her father’s work. A New York University film graduate, Liu’s short film Door God (2014) won a silver medal at the 41st Student Academy Awards and was selected by Cannes.

Cast

Mao Hai

Niu Aiguo

Li Qian

Pang Lina

Fan Wei

Song Jiefang

Qi Xi

Xinting

Yu Entai

Jiang Jiu

Liu Bei

Niu Aixiang