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DOOR GOD (門神)
The 2014 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presents Door God, a drama directed by Yulin Liu.
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Synopsis
(People's Republic of China, 2013) Dir./Scr.: Yulin Liu
A 7 year-old girl, Lingli, has been waiting two years for her mother to come home. When her family finally puts up the Door God on Chinese New Year, her mother finally returns, but brings irreversible change to Lingli and her family. In DOOR GOD, Lingli loses her childhood innocence, and faces those she loves most and her life after heartbreak.
Digital, 24 min., color, narrative, in Mandarin w/E.S.
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