Sanmao. The Desert Bride

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Film Info
Runtime:86
Copyright:2019
Country Listing:Spain
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Festival Info
Festival Year:2020
Language:Spanish
Chinese
English
Russian
Accessibility:Partial Subtitles
Program Category:Artscapes
Film Subjects:Art & Architecture
East Asia
Women & Women's Stories
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Ana Pérez de la Fuente
Marta Arribas
Producer(s):Edmon Roch
Patricia Takata
Executive Producer(s):Edmon Roch
Editor(s):Clara Martínez Malagelada
Writer(s):Ana Pérez de la Fuente
Marta Arribas
Composer:Marc Timón
Sound:Gabriel Gutiérrez

Description

Through her 1976 book The Stories of the Sahara, and numerous other publications, famed Chinese-born, Taiwan-raised author Sanmao inspired generations of young women yearning for independence from conservative social norms. Setting Sanmao’s words against archival footage and old films, directors Ana Pérez de la Fuente and Marta Arribas weave together an epic retelling of her extraordinary and complex life. Seeking freedom from the oppressive Taiwanese education system, a young Sanmao opts to live as a bohemian expatriate. Through her travels, she unveils a succession of literary works that seem so fantastical to those back home that they thought she was writing fiction. As her self-confidence, radical spirit and unbridled hunger for adventure grows, she creates a remarkable oeuvre of travel writing and autobiography. Sanmao. The Desert Bride reveals a life of unabashed independence—but also one mired in world-weary melancholy. Heather Haynes

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