Jade Thief
Director：Chen Zihan
Screenwriter：Liu Keyi
Cast：Liu Keyi, Lei Ruiyi
Producer：Wang Yizhan
Cinematographer：Ivan Yu, Zhang Kerui
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Language：Mandarin Chinese
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SYNOPSIS
A female museum docent with a special complex for the “White Jade Cup” gradually derived a second personality under depression and anxiety. She stole the White Jade Cup, and embarked on a road of crime and self-betrayal. The main purpose of the film is to explore the inner self-hatred complex and complete the pessimistic expression of intimate relationships.
Director Biography
He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in film at Zhejiang Normal University. He has contributed to the creation of short films such as White Horse Silver Gun, Wild Grass, No Birth Roots, Love in the Sky, Perfect Life. He also directed the work Jade Thief.
Director's Statement
The film is inspired by Liu Keyi’s novel “White Jade Cup”. Using contrasting color styles—color for reality and black-and-white for imagination—the story gradually unveils the theft of the white jade cup. In the film, the white jade cup represents the protagonist’s desires, but the primary personality (she/her) remains constrained by moral law, leading to the emergence of a second personality (he/him), who commits the theft. Once his desire is fulfilled, he finds that it is difficult for him to establish an intimate relationship regardless of the opposite or the same sex. Through the protagonist’s sessions with a psychological counselor, the film explores the protagonist’s desire for intimacy and completes the pessimistic expression of intimacy.
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