Self-Portrait: Sphinx in 47 Km
Apr 18 2018
•2h 34m
•Documentary
In the Chinese countryside, an old woman tells the story of her deceased son, while a little girl paints her dreams on the walls of the house. A personal and attentive perspective on the territory, which articulates the memory of a disappearing generation and the hopes of the one to come.
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