International premiere

Habitat

Local title
Elupaik
Title in Russian
Среда обитания
Director
Luoping Zhang
Country
China
Year
2021
Programme
Rebels with a Cause Competition
Genre
drama
Subject
society, interpersonal relationships, love, betrayal, soul-searching, motherhood, corruption, journey

"Habitat" by Chinese Director Zhang Luoping is a suspenseful and atmospheric thriller, a mesmeric eye-catcher.

It tells the story of Liang Yan, a young and elegant music teacher who finds herself suddenly alone with a daughter to care for, when her husband is reported dead at his workplace. The official account is that he has been killed in a fire, and the arsonist who caused it is on the run. But Liang Yan can’t accept this version of the truth.

She senses that something somewhere has gone terribly wrong and starts dangerously digging. The woman embarks on a journey, through the squalid suburbs of a Chinese town, facing a ruthless and corrupted world that has no mercy for the poorest and weakest.

Malaika Bova

Director
Luoping Zhang
Screenwriter
Luoping Zhang, Chentai Wu
Cast
Wang Yuxin, Su Zhengnan, Yang Houyao, Liu Zihao, Chen Yuqian
Producer
Wan Wei, Li Jiawen
DoP
Huang Shaohui
Editor
Zheng Shifei, Zhang Luoping
Music
Song Tianxiang
Production
Beijing Chenhe Film Studio
World sales
Shao Studio Medias
Runtime
Language
Chinese
Subtitles
English
Director
Luoping Zhang

Sun Flower (2017), Habitat (2021)

Screenings

8th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening140604 / Elupaik
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
4th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening150301 / Elupaik
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
4th Lux Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening170302 / Elupaik
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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