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Three Wishes

Zhong Ermao
Yu Duo
China, 2018, 16 min.

In Chinese with English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.

There was a poor rural woman who had three major events in the first night of her coming to the big city: eating Australian lobster, living in the presidential suite and visiting prostitutes. The short film Three Wishes is a Chinese story that is both sad and romantic, both absurd and realistic. After watching this short film, you can really understand China.

Director's Statement

China has already become the world's second largest economy, but there remains a huge gap between the rich and the poor. This is the underlying message of this short film. Three Wishes is the first work of the director Zhong Ermao.

Category: Drama.
Themes: Family, Culture, World Cinema.

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