Bound in Heaven

Kun bang shang tian tang

Director: Huo Xin
Country: China

German Premiere
2024 | 109 min. | Chinese
Subtitles: German, English
FSK | Nicht geprüft / No clearance

Cast_ Ni Ni, Zhou You, Liao Fan Screenplay_ Huo Xin Camera_ Piao Songri Producer_ An Hanjin, Justine O. Rights_ Rediance

A wholly improbable romance faces up against all worldly odds, captured in images of extraordinary power and invention. Cinema of soaring emotions.

Xia Yo is a wealthy, engaged businesswoman, Xu Zitai is a street vendor and day laborer from the most humble of backgrounds. She is exhausted and frustrated, he is disillusioned and cynical. And yet, they both see something in each other from the moment they meet. The air crackles. It is the beginning of a great love, up against all the odds that the world can throw at them. Firstly, there is her violent fiancé, who follows her everywhere. Then there is Xu Zitai’s inexorably advancing illness – and his refusal to seek treatment.

In images of stunning beauty and extraordinary invention, ›Bound in Heaven‹ tells an incredibly fresh and authentic story of intense emotions, leaving aside all kitsch. It is only at the very end that the film deliberately leaves all burdens behind.

Director

Xin Huo, born in Beijing in 1980, already has a long list of screenplays to her name, including for ›Kung Fu Hustle‹, which was directed by Stephen Chow and became an international hit in 2004. ›Bound in Heaven‹ marks her debut as a director.

Trailer

Screenings

  • AvailableFriday 08.11.202417:30HeidelbergHDLuxor (Crown)
  • AvailableFriday 08.11.202421:00MannheimMACineplex (Saal 3)
  • AvailableWednesday 13.11.202417:45MannheimMACineplex (Saal 3)
  • AvailableFriday 15.11.202420:45HeidelbergHDLuxor (Crown)