Striding into the Wind
Official Selection
2020
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Striding into the Wind
A Film by Shujun Wei
2020 - China - Roadmovie - 1.85
with You Zhou , Xiaomu Wang & Ying Chen Zheng
Language: Mandarin
Produced by Liu Qingling
Kun seems to be messing up pretty much everything: his senior year at Film school, the job on his friend's graduation's film and the relationship with his girlfriend. But Kun just got his driving license and with it, the cheapest second-hand car he could find: an old wreck of a Jeep Cherokee that might turn out to be the key to his wildest dreams.
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