A son fakes China in a ghetto apartment to save his dad's life. Buckle up.
Jan's only real friend is his blind father Mogens. When Jan's sister Lisbeth parks Mogens in a nursing home and Mogens apparently loses his will to live, Jan decides to give him something to live for: He stages a grand journey to China, in the middle of his two-room apartment in a desolate ghetto. China, a mythical land where Mogens once met the love of his life, Jans mother. But amidst the growing troubles of keeping the charade going, Jan meets a woman too.
Acting
Højerslev's desperate tenderness will wreck you.
Production
Two rooms become an entire country. Low-budget sorcery.
Writing
Boesen squeezes epic longing into 32 minutes.
Director
Tobias Gundorff Boesen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boesen based this on his grandfather's dementia; the short film format mirrors fragmented memory.
The 'Yangtze River' is literally a bathtub with a boat. No CGI. Pure grief and glue guns.
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