Kong fang jian li de nv ren
Some Rain Must FallDirector Qiu Yang follows a series of short films with his debut feature, an intimate drama about a woman forced to confront the wreckage of her life and her longing for change.
With
- Yu Aier (Cai)
- Di Shike (Lin)
- Wei Yibo (Ding)
- Xu Tianyi (The Boy)
- Gu Tingxiu (Housekeeper)
- Qin Dan (The Man)
- Xu Yun (Teacher Feng)
- Cao Yuqiang (Cai’s Mother-in-Law)
Crew
| Director | Qiu Yang |
| Screenplay | Qiu Yang |
| Cinematography | Constanze Schmitt |
| Editing | Carlo Francisco Manatad, Julien Lacheray |
| Sound | Mei Zhu, Romain Ozanne, Emmanuel Croset |
| Production Design | Shan Yinghao |
| Costumes | Zhang Yadi |
| Casting | Kang Kang |
| Producers | Jeremy Chua, Mike Goodridge, Alex C. Lo, Mélissa Malinbaum, Lin Fan, Darcy Xi Wang |
| Executive Producers | Alex C. Lo, Yang Xiaodong, Huang Yue, Star Li, Rachel Song, Kuai Haoxiang, Ying Yan |
| Co-Producers | Duo Lin, Shen Siliang, Bai Shan, Frank Sun, Shan Yinghao, Lauren Yue Pan, Sol Ye, Wang Yang |
Produced by
La Fonte
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Aurua Yangshuo
Guangxi, People’s Republic of China
XS Media
Peking, People’s Republic of China
World Sales
Qiu Yang
He was born and grew up in Changzhou, China before studying film directing at the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne in Australia. His latest short film, She Runs, won the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize at the 2019 Semaine de la Critique in Cannes while A Gentle Night was awarded the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2017 and Under the Sun screened in the 2015 Cinéfondation competition, also at Cannes. His VR project O was selected for the Venice International Film Festival. He participated in the Cannes Festival Cinéfondation Residence and is a Berlinale Talents alumnus.
Filmography
2015 Ri Guang Zhi Xia (Under the Sun); short film 2017 Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night); short film 2018 O 2019 Nan Fang Shao Nv (She Runs); short film 2024 Kong fang jian li de nv ren (Some Rain Must Fall)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024