The Narrow Path
Director:Cui Zi En
Screenwriter:Cui Zi En
Cast:于 博 Yu Bo 賈 戈 Jia Ge 王桂峰 Wang Gui Feng 高小龍 Gao Xiao Long 劉 斌 Liu Bin 于 濱 Yu Bin 小 武 Xiao Wu 魏 星 Wei Xing
Producer:小 武 Xiao Wu 劉淑景 Liu Shu Jing
Cinematographer:Zhang Hui Lin
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Production Company:CUIZI DV STUDIO XUA XING BO
SYNOPSIS
On a bleak mountain path are coming four aliens. One is from the Venus, one is from
the Uranus, the third one is from the Neptune and the last one is from the Pluto. They are stark naked, they are playing instruments and singing. The aliens are abducted by a gang of humans. The abductors, while seeing that the aliens own nothing, start to hesitate about their action. After some discussions, they proclaim that the action can be justified, not by the aliens per se, but by their function of being used as hostages, so that the humans can obtain the aliens’ planets. Afterwards, the humans begin to divide the spoils – some of them obtain the entire Venus, whereas some only get half of the Pluto.
The aliens are forced to give phone calls to the God of their respective planet. The Gods of these planets all have the same name – Jesus. The Jesuses all promised to satisfy the human beings’ requests readily and without any preconditions. However, the human abductors can’t help becoming suspicious about the fruit they have obtained so easily. The guy who has got the Neptune fears that he will be smashed by the masses on the Neptune and becomes the first one who quits the abduction plan. The one who has got the Uranus also halts because of the worry of being gang-raped by the aliens on the Neptune. Eventually, only Xiao Bo who got half of the Neptune decided to go. Having undressed himself happily, with only a white hat on, Xiao Bo, holding the alien’s arm, stepped onto the path to the Pluto.
Director Biography
擁有跨界的身分:作家,獨立影人,文化學者,策展人,同志權利和獨立電影倡導人和實踐者。北京酷兒影展創辦者之一。 先期影像作品有《舊約》《丑角登場》《哎呀呀,去哺乳》《少年花草黃》《我如花似玉的兒子》《誌同志》,近期小說作品有《公廁電影院全年無休》(日場卷,夜場卷)《有人讚美聰慧,有人則不》。作品曾被授予多項國際獎項。 他以鮮明的酷兒立場,探討性別與身份議題,持續挑戰主流敘事結構與社會規範,奠基並不斷推動華語酷兒文化的形成與發展。他的行動和作品,具有深遠的影響力。
Director's Statement
The director’s interpretation The film was shot on the early morning of July 2, 2003, from 4:00-7:30. The entire filming includes two long shots of approximately 40 minutes for each. The film was finally edited into 5 shots and this is simply out of technological concerns. The film intends to explore the theme of gains, losses and trust. Through the action of Xiao Bo, the film aims to illustrate succinctly that the trust is the only way for the humans to get access to the Heaven.

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