A Short Story (Short 2022)

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Bi Gan Guohua Chen Huan Huang Kongkong Wu Lirun Xie Lizhou Xie Melbourne Yongzhong Chen Zezhi Long Zhuo Tan 2022 6.7 United States

A Short Story (Short 2022). 15m

“I cannot help but feel that you have to be Chinese or speak Mandarin to truly understand this film. It is only 15 minutes long, and while itu0026#39;s admittedly surreal and art house, I think thereu0026#39;s some context missing for Westerners who arenu0026#39;t scholars of Chinese mythology or language.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor example at one point a letter is read that seems to be possibly full of Taoist parables that I have never heard before.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI did laugh at the idea of a cat wearing a trenchcoat and pretending to be a person, and there was something a bit sad and touching about the way the film ends.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA Short Story is worth a look but donu0026#39;t expect to u0026quot;get it.u0026quot;”