China 2018, 55/90 min, A CNEX Production
by Zhang Nan
Stammering Ballad
A young folk singer gathers sounds with a passion, in the hills, on the fields and in the huts. He has to leave his hometown for the big city, celebrating his musical traditions that can’t feed him and his family at home. On his journey he travels with his humor, his anger and the powerful ballads all coming from the rural life of past, the real taste of soil and dust.Living a contradiction, the singer can’t earn a living at home, and he can’t stand the urban life where he’s famous and that enables him to support his family with. Does he have a choice?
LA Filmfestival (nom. comp.), Rotterdam (International Premiere), NETPAC Award (nom.), Shanghai, Jecheon, EBS (nom. comp.), DC Chinese Film Festival (non. Best Doc Feature), Golden Silk Road Media Honor, China (Best Doc), Guangzhou (nom. Golden Kapok Award),