Cherries aren’t the first fruit that come to mind when watching “No. 7 Cherry Lane.” In an entirely welcome way, veteran Chinese auteur Yonfan’s first film in a decade (as w…
” isn’t an easy film for international distributors to place — though its domestic prospects are bolstered by an all-star voice ensemble that includes such major names as Sylvia Chang, Zhao Wei and Ann Hui. For animation buffs, meanwhile, the film’s unusual technique alone makes it essential viewing.
Drawn from three of the director’s own published short stories, and divided into three obliquely titled chapters — Dream Charade, Play Shadow and Winter Cometh — the discursive, elliptical script pivots on Ziming , a bright, well-mannered and doll-handsome student at Hong Kong University.
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