Xiaodi
Director：Junmi Chen, Guo GAO
Screenwriter：Guo GAO, Shuo Li, Alexis Wang, Junmi Chen
Cast：Xiaodi Huang
Producer：Junmi Chen
Cinematographer：Shuo Li, Guo GAO, Junmi Chen, Alexis Wang
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Language：Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin
Production Company：Queer Comrades
SYNOPSIS
On the 17th birthday of transgender girl Huang Xiaodi, the whole family gathered to celebrate her birthday. After dinner, her parents asked her to get in the car and take her to buy a birthday present. However, what awaited her was not the store, but an “Internet addiction school” on Gele Mountain in Chongqing. They believed that this would convert Xiaodi and make her a “normal” boy. Trapped in a “private prison”, Xiaodi learned to give in. In the face of violence and humiliation, she suffered disgrace to won the trust of instructors. Under her patience, a chance to escape finally came.
Director Biography
On the 17th birthday of transgender girl Huang Xiaodi, the whole family gathered to celebrate her birthday. After dinner, her parents asked her to get in the car and take her to buy a birthday present. However, what awaited her was not the store, but an “Internet addiction school” on Gele Mountain in Chongqing. They believed that this would convert Xiaodi and make her a “normal” boy. Trapped in a “private prison”, Xiaodi learned to give in. In the face of violence and humiliation, she suffered disgrace to won the trust of instructors. Under her patience, a chance to escape finally came.
Director's Statement
Try our best to turn the abstract so-called “conversion therapy” into a unique experience through film, which makes people feel the insult to personality and the destruction of dignity. At the same time, we reviewed Xiaodi’s personal growth history and family memories to help the audience understand the experience and growth process of a transgender person.
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