Liang Ming
Wisdom Tooth
Drama
2019
Gu Xi is about to lose her job because of undocumented citizenship status. While making use of all her social connections in her effort to get official registration papers, she also faces another challenge: getting along with her brother’s new girlfriend, Qingchang. As winter sets in and temperatures plunge, the relationship between Gu Xi, her brother Gu Liang, and his girlfriend becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to freeze overitself. Meanwhile, more trouble brews as a dead body is found floating in the sea, and a mysterious tape repeatedly brings Gu Xi to flit back and forth across the boundary of youth and adulthood. What she doesn’t know is that she is about to lose everything.
104 min
Chinese
About the Director
Trained as an actor at Communication University of China, Liang Ming starred in several award-winning films including Lou Ye’s 'Spring Fever' (2009 Cannes Competition) and 'Shadow Days' (2014 Berlin Forum). He later turned his interests into directing, and worked as an assistant director on Lou Ye’s 'Mystery' (2012 Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival). 'Wisdom Tooth' is Liang Ming’s directorial debut, and premiered at the 3rd Pingyao International Film Festival In 2019. The film won both Fei Mu Awards for Best Director (Chinese-language Competition) and Roberto Rossellini Awards for Jury Award (International Competition), a rare feat in the history of the festival.