Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilms Boutique has acquired international rights to Chinese filmmaker Wei Shujun’s “Striding Into the Wind,” which is part of Cannes’ 2020 Official Selection.
The film marks the first arthouse feature completely funded by Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Pictures.“Striding Into the Wind” is the feature debut of Wei Shujun, an up-and-coming Chinese filmmaker who received the Special Jury award at Cannes with his short film “On the Border” in 2018.“Striding Into the Wind” tells the story of Kun, a young man who seems to be messing up pretty much everything: his senior year at film school, his work on his friend’s graduation film and his relationship with his girlfriend.
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