Bitter Flowers

Les fleurs amères

Belgium / France / Switzerland, October 2017
FILM, Fiction, 90 min.

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directed by
Olivier Meys
Written by
Olivier Meys, Maarten Loix
Status
In distribution

Thirtysomething Chinese-born Lina borrows money to move to Paris to save up money to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams, leaving behind her husband and son in Dong Bei province. But once in Europe, nothing goes as planned. Forced to repay her debts, Lina becomes inevitably tangled in her own web of lies.

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World Premiere
October 2017
Original Version
Mandarin (french/english subtitles),  colour, DCP, 90 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-78D4-0000-E-0000-0000-W
Production
Tarantula Belgique, Mille et Une Films, P.S. Productions, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Joseph Rouschop, Valérie Bournonville, Gilles Padovani, Xavier Grin
directed by
Olivier Meys
Written by
Olivier Meys, Maarten Loix
Cinemato­graphy
Benoît Dervaux
Editing
Erwin Ryckaert
Sound Editing
François Musy, Renaud Musy
Sound Design
François Musy, Renaud Musy
Re-Recording Mix
François Musy, Renaud Musy
Location Sound Mix
Marc Thill

Cast

Qi Xi as Lina
Wang Xi as Yumei
Le Geng as Xiadong
Meihuizi Zeng as Dandan

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Tarantula Belgique

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Sister Distribution Distribution
Release date: 16.10.2019

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