TO KILL A WATERMELON

SHA GUA

By Gao ZE HAO

ENCORE INFLIGHT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Black comedy - Completed 2017

One hot day, a quiet watermelon farmer meets an enchanting stranger. This is the story of a man at the bottom of the society, and the awakening of his need to fight back in life.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2017
Warsaw Grand Prix
Montréal World FF 2017
FIRST International Film Festival 2017
Spirit of Freedom
Goteborg IFF 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Black comedy, Drama
    • Countries
    • CHINA
    • Languages
    • CHINESE
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Gao ZE HAO
    • Synopsis
    • One hot summer day, a pedestrian, his wife, a village head, a murderer, an official of the county, and a policeman took turns showing up at the main character Chen’s melon shed. For the first time in his life, this quiet and obedient man realizes the meaning of his own existence. This is the story of a man at the bottom of the society, and the awakening of his need to fight back in life.