Only Child, Upward, Downward, Forward, Backward, Rightward and Leftward

Director:Cui Zi’en

Screenwriter:Cui Zi’en

Cast:Sao Yuhua Shi Chao Meng Nuo Li Yanfeng Li Zeming Zhang Chao Li Ziqiang Yu Bo

Producer:None

Cinematographer:Yang Jin

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Region:China

Year:2007

Language:Chinese

Production Company:CUIZI DV STUDIO

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SYNOPSIS

Xiao Shao has a house as vast as the sky and the earth. He looks around for a housemate. The qualifications are: he should be an only son of the family like Xiao Shao himself, a first time visitor to the planet Earth, and carry with him a bottle which stores philosophy.

Xiao Chao, Nuo Nuo and Mao Mao came for Xiao Shao in succession. They each lived with Xiao Shao in a philosophical way. Afterwards, they left Xiao Shao one by one and let Xiao Shao set the bottles containing their philosophies free into the ocean.

In the meantime, at another corner of the world, Xiao Bo is also seeking for his housemate, just like Xiao Shao. 

Director Biography

Cui Zi'en, a native of Heilongjiang, is a devout Catholic with the baptismal name Peter, born under the sign of Leo. He holds a Master's degree in Literature from the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and serves as a second-level film screenwriter and associate professor at the Beijing Film Academy. Shaped by his early religious upbringing, Cui's works are infused with Christian elements, such as the Madonna image of Jin Jin Jin cradling a baby in his novel; the protagonist's hymns on the night of awaiting resurrection; speculations about the presence of Jesus on Mars; and the use of Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Songs to structure segments in his film "The Old Testament," along with scenes like Xiao Bo holding a Bible to call sinners to repentance... He skillfully resolves the irreconcilable tension between religion and homosexuality through beauty, making a remarkable attempt.

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