6TH EDITION ★ MARCH 2025 ★ GHENT
Geng Jun
Manchurian Tiger
Drama, Comedy
2021
Truck driver Xu Dong has to send his beloved dog away when his pregnant wife, Meiling, approaches her due date. By coincidence, Ma Qianli, a real estate developer heavily in debt, now becomes the new dog owner, but the dog dies unintentionally. Meanwhile, Meiling finds out about Xu’s love affair. Inextinguishable hatred spreads among the three. Just like the Manchurian tiger who has grown used to being fed by the zoo keepers, people are also trapped in their mundane absurdity of life, bathing under the sun that shines through the cage.
118 min
Chinese
About the Director
Geng Jun grew up in Heilongjiang, China. Without any film school training, he moved to Beijing and directed many films including 'Hawthorn' (Short, 2002), 'Diary in Bulk' (Short, 2003), 'Barbecue' (2004), 'Youth' (2008), 'Airplane' (Short, 2012) and 'The Hammer and the Sickle are Sleeping' (Short, 2013). He gained more attention with 'Free and Easy' (2016) when it won the World CinemaDramatic Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival and received four major nominations at Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival including Best Film and Best Director.