Baima Boy

 

2025 | Bing Jun Ye & Summer Yang |

documentary | 52 & 72' min

France, USA, China

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Synopsis

Adi, 14, lives in Baima, a remote town in southern China. His father has gone away to work and his mother left him ten years ago. Adi is looking for his identity, and is fighting to build himself a better life. A biker gang? A bartender job? A TikTok influencer? Or simply a member of this unknown family, that of his missing mother?
 

Directors: Bing Jun Ye & Summer Yang
Editing: Matthias Weber

Music: Sharon Farber

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Co-production: LuFilms  (France), Summery Productions (USA), France Télévisions

Partners: CNC, Normandie Images, Procirep

Premiere: Documentary Competition (Wide Angle) - 30th Busan International Film Festival