SHUN LI & THE POET
A FILM BY ANDREA SEGRE
ON DVD 23 SEPTEMBER 2013
Running time: 100 Minutes / Certificate: 15
Andrea Segre’s tender, subtle, award-winning drama tells the story of Shun Li, a Chinese immigrant working in a bar on a small island in the Veneto lagoon. Though lonely at first she slowly strikes up a rapport with Bepi, a Slavic fisherman nicknamed ‘The Poet’, and the pair forge an unlikely yet intimate bond. However, both the local Italian community and Chinese immigrant population object to the relationship and they soon find themselves driven tragically apart…Read More
