Send Me to the Clouds

送我上青云

Director & Writer: Teng, Congcong Cast: Yao, Chen / Yuan, Hong / Li, Jiuxiao / Liang, Guanhua / Yang, Xinming / Wu, Yufang

Diagnosed with ovarian cancer, iron-willed journalist Sheng Nan (“Surpass Men” in Chinese) is pressured to make a quick fortune and find mind-blowing sex before the costly surgery numbs her senses. Taking on a businessman’s biography writing job, she hikes into the misty mountains, where a chain of outbursts with her dysfunctional family, grumpy client, misogynistic co-worker and dreamlike romantic interest hilariously unfold. As deeply moving as it is luminously witty, writer-director Teng Congcong’s debut waltzes across the bitterness swallowed by her generation of women born under China’s One Child Policy, unprecedentedly burdened to “surpass men” while trying not to be “leftover women” at the same time. Saluting the 18th-century Chinese literature classic Dream of the Red Chamber in its title, the enchanting gem refreshes the novel's transcendent contemplation on desire, death and womanhood from a modern cinematic perspective.

“Yao’s soulful and stirring performance as a complex woman struggling to understand herself - and life itself - anchors “Send Me to the Clouds,” allowing it to truly soar.”

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times

“One of the most original, moving, subtly funny, and disarmingly entertaining foreign language films of the year.”

— Andrew Parker, The Gate

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Bonus Features: Trailer, Song “Wu Bu Kong” (Unawakened to Emptiness)

精彩花絮：预告片 | 歌曲《悟不空》

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“An honest and broadly recognizable picture of modern womanhood… a cinematic roar — and universal despite its geographic specificity.”

— Elizabeth Kerr, Hollywood Reporter

“Teng’s fine-tuned direction and Yao’s spot-on performance combine impressively to maintain Sheng Nan’s dignity and deepen viewers’ sympathy even as she stumbles, blunders and suffers embarrassment in her pursuit of satisfaction.”

— Richard Kuipers, Variety