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Someone to Talk To

Someone to Talk To

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 4, 2016

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama

User Score

61%

Original Title

一句顶一万句

Director

Liu Yulin

Description

An adaptation of Liu Zhenyun’s award-winning novel One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand, produced by Bill Kong. The novel, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize after it was published in 2008, revolves around a divorced woman and her married younger brother and deals with loneliness and alienation in contemporary Chinese society. The film marks the feature debut of award-winning short filmmaker Liu Yulin, who is adapting her father’s work. A New York University film graduate, Liu’s short film Door God (2014) won a silver medal at the 41st Student Academy Awards and was selected by Cannes.