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UNDERGROUND FRAGRANCE

By Pengfei SONG

URBAN SALES - as SALES All rights, World

First film - Completed 2015

Three lives propelled by the « Chinese Dream » intermingle in the vast melting pot of the Beijing metropolis.

Festivals
& Awards

Chicago IFF 2015

New Directors Competition Gold Hugo

Venice Days 2015

Fedeora Award for Best Film

- Year of production
- 2015
- Genres
- First film, Drama
- Countries
- CHINA, FRANCE
- Languages
- MANDARIN
- Budget
- N/A
- Duration
- 76 mn
- Director(s)
- Pengfei SONG
- Writer(s)
- Pengfei SONG
- Cast
- Ze YING, Wenjie LUO, Fuyu ZHAO, Xiaohui LI
- Producer(s)
- Ze YING (Mishka Production), Vincent WANG (HOUSE ON FIRE)
- Synopsis
- YONG LE, a young migrant worker from the south, salvages furniture to re-sell. He lives in a room in Beijing’s Underground City, a labyrinthian former bomb shelter that serves as cheap housing for people looking for opportunity in the big city. But after a bad work accident leaves him temporarily blind, he has to use a rope to find his way around the dimly lit basement halls, until the night meets a girl at the other end of his rope...
  XIAO YUN, is a migrant too. She is desperately trying to find new employment so that she can leave her job pole dancing at nights. Her meeting with YONG LE and their burgeoning relationship encourages her to hunt for a more respectable job.
  At ground level, old LAO JIN has been struggling for years to get a decent compensation deal from the authorities who want to demolish his house. His health is declining and his savings are evaporating. And he’s counting on YONG LE to sell his furniture at a good price.
  Three lives propelled by the « Chinese Dream » intermingle in the vast melting pot of the Beijing metropolis.