In anticipation of Bi Gan’s third feature Resurrection, the Chinese Cinema Project revists his aesthetically remarkable and poetry-filled debut Kaili Blues. The film follows a small-town doctor who finds himself interacting with people from his past and future, whilst travelling the countryside to locate his nephew. Shot primarily in Kaili, Guizhou Province, Bi Gan’s hometown, using local dialect, the screening will have both Chinese and English subtitles.

This special screening also celebrates Chinese New Year 2025, and which is the third successive Garden Cinema CNY special event, following the UK Premiere of Kong Dashan’s Journey into the West in 2023, and an immersive screening of Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love in 2024.

'The intense blues and greens, the saturated, tangibly thick light and shade of the settings, the impossible visions of twirling, ever-present disco mirror balls, defying space, are conjured into light and sound, and, via poetry, into cinema.' -  Cinema Scope

Cast:
Chen Yongzhong, Guo Yue