| Dooman River | |
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| Directed by | Zhang Lu |
| Produced by | Lee Jeong Guillaume de Seille Woo Hye Kyung |
| Written by | Zhang Lu |
| Starring | Cui Jian Yin Lan |
| Cinematography | Xu Wei |
| Release date(s) | 2009 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Language | Korean Mandarin |
Dooman River is a 2009 drama film from China, directed by Zhang Lu.
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Zhang Lu was born in Jilin-Sheng, China in 1962. He studied Chinese literature at Yenben University and began writing poetry and novels in 1986. He made his feature debut with 'Tang Poetry' in 2004, and his second feature film, 'Grain in Ear', was invited to the 2005 Critics’ Week in Cannes, where it won the ACID/CCAS Support Award. 'Dooman River' is his fifth feature film.[1]
Writer-director Zhang Lu’s fascinating window into a rarely seen corner of rural China revolves around 12-year-old Chang-ho, living with his grandfather and mute sister along the frozen river-border with North Korea. Although fraught with unemployment and other tensions, his community seems sympathetic toward the Korean refugees fleeing famine and misery; Chang-ho even bonds over soccer with one young border-crosser who comes scavenging food for a sibling. But he soon turns on his new friend as suspicions mount against the illegal immigrants and his sister reels from unexpected aggression, provoking a quandary over his loyalties in an exquisitely detailed story of compassion and strife across an uneasy geopolitical border.[1]
The film is featured in the Global Lens 2011 film series, sponsored by The Global Film Initiative. Global Lens is an annual program of eight to ten narrative films from around the world. Each year, the series premieres at MoMa and then tours throughout the United States and Canada. Global Lens 2011 includes eight other award-winning narrative feature films from Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Georgia, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Uruguay. Check Global Lens 2011 film calendar for current screenings throughout the United States.