The Great Phuket

New Directors Competition

The Great Phuket

Xiao Ban Jie

Hong Kong, China, France, Germany, Belgium 2024 Fiction cor 97 min.

Li Xing, a fourteen-year-old teenager, lives in the Great Phuket district in South China, a setting of ruins and reconstruction. He doesn’t get along well with his mother, who refuses to leave the family house planned for destruction, and the middle school where he studies brings him nothing but problems. One day, he and his only friend Song find a tunnel that leads them to a strange hiding place where rocks have recorded sounds from the past. Little by little, the tunnel stops being a refuge and strange things start to happen.

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Hong Kong China France Germany Belgium international film festivals maturing youth fantasy

direction

Liu Yaonan

screenplay

Liu Yaonan

cinematography

Liu Yaonan

editing

Liu Yaonan

sound

Li Fan

sound design

Ange Hubert

music

Aurélien Krafft

production design

Aurélien Krafft

cast

Li Rongkun, Yang Xuan, Kang Hang, You Junfen, Liu Huiyun, Xie Zhenan

production

Cyriac Auriol, Shan Zuolong

co-production

Karoline Henkel, Dries Phlypo

produced by

Remora Productions, Monologue Films

co-produced by

Wood Water Films, A Private View Productions

world sales

MPM Premium

contact

[email protected]

indicative rating

14