Kaili Blues Blu-ray
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Posted March 28, 2017 03:39 PM by Webmaster
Independent U.S. distributors Grasshopper Film have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray director Bi Gan's film Kaili Blues The release will be available for purchase on April 25.
Synopsis: An audacious, richly imagined feature debut that has collected prizes around the world, Kaili Blue heralds the arrival of a major new filmmaker. Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, decides to fulfill his late mother's wish and sets off on a journey to look for his brother's abandoned child. His partner in the clinic, a lonely old lady, asks him to also find her former lover, giving him a photograph, a shirt, and a music cassette. On the way, Chen passes through a mysterious town where distinctions between past, present, and future appear to slip away.
"Astonishing first film about a geography of the soul. Delineated by time, trains and regret... Contains a 40 minute single shot that traces a map of Kaili with poetic prodigious filmic chops. Why? Cinema. Why? Life." — Guillermo del Toro
Special Features:
Synopsis: An audacious, richly imagined feature debut that has collected prizes around the world, Kaili Blue heralds the arrival of a major new filmmaker. Chen, a preoccupied doctor working in a small clinic in the rain-drenched city of Kaili, decides to fulfill his late mother's wish and sets off on a journey to look for his brother's abandoned child. His partner in the clinic, a lonely old lady, asks him to also find her former lover, giving him a photograph, a shirt, and a music cassette. On the way, Chen passes through a mysterious town where distinctions between past, present, and future appear to slip away.
"Astonishing first film about a geography of the soul. Delineated by time, trains and regret... Contains a 40 minute single shot that traces a map of Kaili with poetic prodigious filmic chops. Why? Cinema. Why? Life." — Guillermo del Toro
Special Features:
- Diamond Sutra (2012, 22 minutes), a short film by Bi Gan
- Original Theatrical Trailer
