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Day Tripper 一日游

Yan Qi

2023

In a monotonous city of north China, people try to make their lives slightly better, but it seems like nothing will ever change.

Grand Prix at the 38th Fribourg International Film Festival
Warsaw International Film Festival
Pingyao IFF, Fribourg IFF, Moscow IFF & Transilvania IFF

On an ordinary day in a city of north China, people struggle through life as usual. A middle-aged man finds his position replaced by a young person. He doesn't know where to go. The man's wife wants a new life. She tries to move to a new place and breaks up with her lover. The high school students are numbly arranged in the schoolyard. A young teacher is trying to change the traditional education system. At a remote bus stop, people wait for the bus all day. However, they don’t know if the bus may ever stop here. The owner of a barbershop forces the barbers to go to streets to grab customers. Similarly, a barbecue shop owner is transforming his shop into a nightclub.

Sphinx Cinema

Sunday 16 March

17:30

90 min

Drama, Comedy

Language: Tibetan, Mandarin

Subtitles: English

Tickets on sale:
Monday 3 February

€ 12 / € 9 (students) / UiTPAS kansentarief

About the Director 

Yan Qi Chen, born in 1990, is a up-and-coming director and screenwriter based in China. After graduating from London Film School in 2016, he started to work on his first feature film 'Day Tripper'. He also made some shorts in the meantime.


Filmography: 'Day Tripper', 'Unbroken Lockdown and Its Image Fragments' (short) , 'Deep Sleep' (short), 'The Road' (short).

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