Electric Shadows

Directed by Jiang Xiao
Jiang Xiao
Fortissimo Films
2004
95 Minutes
China
Mandarin
Drama
NR
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Synopsis

For no apparent reason, a mute young woman assaults a youth who delivers water on his bicycle, injuring him and ruining his bike. Surprisingly, she asks him to feed her fish while she is in custody. Her tiny apartment, he discovers, is a shrine to his favorite escape, the movies. He finds her diary - a screenplay of her life built around scenes from favorite films - and it sets off his imagination. Maybe they have more in common than a love of the movies.