Shi Shi Shi

Sean Wang
Netherlands, Hong Kong, France, Greece | 2021 | 99 min
Swiss Premiere
Languages : Chinese, English, Greek, French
Subtitles : English, French

A Marble Travelogue recounts the odyssey of the marble route between Greece and China. The filmmaker casts a humorous look over an absurd economic circuit, from the mining of raw materials to manufacturing and retail, in which the search for authenticity and tradition are but a distant memory.

A Marble Travelogue recounts the striking odyssey of the marble route between Greece and China. This trade begins in a Peloponnese quarry and continues in Quyang, the Chinese sculpture capital. Blocks are transformed there into columns, statues and other decorations replicating the works of Greek classicism with made-in-China know-how. The smaller rocks are used to make souvenirs that go back to Europe to be sold to tourists and sometimes even return to China, brought by Chinese tourists back from their holidays. In the company of protagonists of the marble business – including a pair of unforgettable twins, who speak Chinese and work as cultural ambassadors between the two countries – the director Sean Wang has found an original way to describe a little-known economic chain. With a cheerful visual style and an astute, humorous perspective, the director becomes a witness to a capitalist circuit imbued with absurdity, in which the search for authenticity and tradition are but a distant memory.

 

Alice Riva

2021, A Marble Travelogue
2021, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer)
2020, Still Here
2017, Lady of the Harbour
2013, Huis Away From Home

Screenings and tickets


Saturday 9 April 2022 10:30
In the presence of the director

Thursday 14 April 2022 18:00
In the presence of the director

Saturday 16 April 2022 20:30

Photography
Xiao XIAOCarles Muñoz Gómez-QuinteroSean WANG
Sound
Jeroen Goeijers
Editing
Tao GuClaudio Hughes
Music
Jeroen GoeijersSoviet Pop
Production
Jia ZhaoMuyi FilmZijian WANGTOAGValerie MontmartinLittle Big StoryRea Apostolides
Sales contact
Jing XURediancejing@rediancefilms.com+33785804597