Xiaoxi Xu(I)
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
![Internacional title: Sunken Plum Original: Chen Li Spanish: Ciruela de agua dulce
a short film by Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi
Release date to be confirm (Autumn/Winter 2017)
Available to International Film Festivals.
Contact: almostred.prod@gmail.com
Length of complete film 19:55 minutes, Chinese language with subtitles. Coproduction China-Spain
Synopsis: Li Waying, a transgender woman, who works in a nightclub in Chengdu, receives an unexpectedly visit from her cousin, who tells her that her mother (whom she didn't sees for a long time) is deceased. As the only son, she feels obligated to return to her birthplace, but can not appear looking as a woman in front of her family.
Original music: Andrea Centazzo http://www.andreacentazzo.com
Cast:
Gu Xiang Yu Yingmeng Tian Peng Li Lierong Chen Jiaq Yao Zhexing Yong Wei Guo Jun Cheng Yuru Zheng Xuan Zang Yan Zhang Zhijiu
Crew:
Producción: Almost Red Productions (China) in association with Arkadin Ediciones (Spain)
Written/Directed by: Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi
Producer: Leng Zhiwen
Associate Producers: Xu Zezhu Jose Manuel González-Fierro Santos Francisco Javier González-Fierro Santos Natalia Fernández Canuto
A.D.: Cheng Chi
Line Producer: Yang Peixuan
Cinematography: Guo Yong
A.C.: Zhou Zuhua
Sound: Hou Fei
Production Designer: Leng Zhiwen
Assistent Prod. Designer: Chen Jiaqi
Make-up/Hair: Chen HanLong
Editing: Roberto F. Canuto Xu Xiaoxi](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNWRiYjM4M2ItYjUxYy00NDc2LThhM2EtOGVlMGNjZjY2YjNkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTk1MDUwOTk@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg)
Xu Xiaoxi is a Chinese filmmaker born in Chengdu. He graduated from the
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa, with a Fine
Arts degree, specializing in the field of Video Art with his work "The
Fluxes of ID". Xiaoxi moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to study a Master in
Fine Arts: Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy, Universal Studios
in Hollywood. He graduated in 2009 with the feature film "Desire
Street", shot in 16mm. He received a Special Mention for Best Feature
Film in its premier at Mix Mexico Film Fes6val in 2011. He has
collaborated as a cinematographer, editor, and writer in many projects,
including the award winning "Toto Forever", a short film directed by
Roberto F. Canuto. His short film "Mei Mei" was presented in various
film festivals in 2010. In 2012 and 2013 Xiaoxi works in the field of
advertisement and fiction films in Chengdu, China. "Ni Jing: Thou Shalt
Not Steal" is his first professional fiction short film shot in China,
to be released in 2013.