In 2024, ›Bound in Heaven‹ by Chinese director and screenwriter Xin Huo was honoured with the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. "... With images of impressive beauty, the film speaks of love, respect, dignity, desires, tenderness and security. A film that defies death, violence, illness, loneliness and social conventions without ever drifting into the banal," read the jury's statement.
2024 Bound in Heaven
awarded with the Ecumenical Award 2024
Xia Yo is a wealthy, engaged businesswoman, Xu Zitai is a street vendor and day laborer from the most humble of backgrounds. She is exhausted and frustrated, he is disillusioned and cynical. And yet, they both see something in each other from the moment they meet. The air crackles. It is the beginning of a great love, up against all the odds that the world can throw at them. Firstly, there is her violent fiancé, who follows her everywhere. Then there is Xu Zitai’s inexorably advancing illness – and his refusal to seek treatment.
Director: Huo Xin
Country: China
2024 | 109 min.
Language: Chinese
Cast_ Ni Ni, Zhou You, Liao Fan Screenplay_ Huo Xin Camera_ Piao Songri Producer_ An Hanjin, Justine O. Rights_ Rediance