Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Specialty sales and finance firm Rediance has picked up international sales rights to “Bound in Heaven,” the directorial debut feature of experienced Chinese screenwriter Hou Xin.
The tragic love story will have its world premiere this week in the Centerpiece section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
It will subsequently travel to San Sebastian for its European debut. Adapted from the novel of the same title by Liu Xiuwen, the drama centers around a successful young woman who lives in the city with her abusive fiance and a lonely terminally ill man running a noodle shop in Wuhan.
A chance encounter sparks an immediate attraction and their connection provides light and lightness in their emotional and dark journeys.
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