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A striking debut from China’s Qiu Sheng, SUBURBAN BIRDS is a tantalizing mystery and a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy rolled into one. Hao (Mason Lee) is part of a team of young engineers called in to investigate a series of craters that have opened up on the edge of the city. As he and his team survey the subsiding area, another story is taking place in the same suburban landscape. A younger boy, also named Hao, spends long afternoons playing with friends and making mischief until one-by-one, his playmates start to disappear. As these parallel stories unfold, the connections between them proliferate and grow stranger. With virtuosic assurance, Qiu employs distinct styles for each of the two narrative strands and unites them with a wry and wistful sense of humor. SUBURBAN BIRDS is both a reflection on the slippery nature of memory as well as a comment on China’s rapid urbanization that heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice. A Locarno Film Festival and New Directors/New Films selection.
Original Release
08/30/2019
US Release
01/28/2020
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yihao Chen | Fatty |
Zhihao Chen | Coal |
Jing Deng | Ant |
Zihan Gong | Xiahao |
Lu Huang | Swallow |
Mason Lee | Xiahao |
Xuanyi Qian | Foxy |
Xinyu Wang | Officer |
Xiao Xiao | Han |
Chenghui Xu | Old Timer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Yihao Chen | Fatty |
Zhihao Chen | Coal |
Jing Deng | Ant |
Zihan Gong | Xiahao |
Lu Huang | Swallow |
Mason Lee | Xiahao |
Xuanyi Qian | Foxy |
Xinyu Wang | Officer |
Xiao Xiao | Han |
Chenghui Xu | Old Timer |
Shuo Xu | Fang Tin |
Huang Lu | Swallow |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Patrick Mao Huang | Producer |
Chen Jingsu | Producer |
Jun Ma | Producer |
Xiaoyi Yu | Producer |
Eric Zhaowei Zhang | Producer |
Zhaowei Zhang | Producer |