‘Absence’ Director Wu Lang on What Chinese Filmmakers Have Been Doing While the World Was Not Watching
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Sculptor turned director Wu Lang made a splash at the Berlin Film Festival with his debut feature “Absence” playing in the festival’s showcase Encounters section.
With a high-profile cast headed by Lee Kang-sheng (“What Time Is It There?” “The Wayward Cloud”) and Li Meng (“The Bad Kids,” “The Guillotines”) “Absence” is an art-house romance that uses skyscapes and urban landscapes as metaphors for inner feelings.
The seduction starts with a man’s return to Hainan Island after ten years in jail and ends with a flock of sheep in an abandoned construction site.
Wu: Shooting the first short film for me had two purposes. First, making a film is not easy in terms of financing and finding coproducers.
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