28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Stranded in Canton
director: Måns Månsson
original title: Stranded in Canton
year: 2014
running time: 72 min.
synopsis
Like thousands of other African immigrants, Labrun from Congo embarks on an entrepreneurial mission to find work in Chinese Canton. However, things soon get complicated and he becomes stranded in the overpopulated megalopolis. Against the backdrop of the improvised actions of a fictitious protagonist in a real environment, the director provides an insight into the growing relationship between China and Africa.
biography
Måns Månsson graduated from the Royal College of Art in Stockholm. His politically charged films which teeter on the line between fiction and documentary have been screened at many prestigious festivals such as CPH:DOX.more about film
| director: | Måns Månsson |
| cast: | Lebrun Iko Isibangi, Nana Nya Sylvie, Wassim Hasbini, Frank No |
| producer: | Måns Månsson, Patricia Drati Rønde |
| script: | Måns Månsson, George Cragg, Li Hongqi |
| photography: | Måns Månsson |
| editing: | George Cragg |
| music: | Tom Skinner |
