THE CROSSING
过春天 | 2019 | China | Dir. Bai Xue | 99 min | Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles
in Stories of Women - part of NFTS project 'Dilemma and Desire' - films that explore Chinese women’s unspoken desires under “traditional” social values.
Bai Xue's debut film is set in the transit zone dividing the two metropolises: Hong Kong and Shenzhen. With the promises of modern life before her and smuggled goods in her backpack, 16-year-old Peipei takes the risky step into independence.
CAST: Yao Huang, Gang Jiao, Elena Kong
SYNOPSIS : Studying in Hong Kong but living in Shenzhen (the port city of Mainland China), Peipei has spent 16 years in her life travelling between these two cities. To realize the dream of seeing snow in Japan with her bestie, Peipei joins a smuggling gang and uses her student identity to smuggle iPhones from Hong Kong to Mainland. Her family life and friendships begin to fall apart. The daily life of Peipei starts to get out of control.