Cursed by mischievous deities, Sangui Wang plunges those he kisses into a deep sleep.
Cinematography
Dreamlike visuals that blur waking and sleeping worlds.
Acting
Hu Xianxu carries crushing loneliness in every restrained gesture.
Director
Siyi Liu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The curse echoes Chinese 'yuanfen' concepts—fated connections that can be tragically misaligned by cosmic forces beyond human control.
Director Siyi Liu's background in poetry shows in the film's visual rhythm; many scenes were storyboarded as classical Chinese landscape paintings first.
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