The two protagonists – an architect and a prisoner living in parallel realities in the present time and an ambiguous distanced past, respectively – conjure up imaginations and experiences of imprisonment. In their dialogue across space and time they debate the relations between humans, the world, and freedom. They talk of visible and invisible imprisonment, existentialism as a means of self-redemption, and at the same time question the relationship of humans to the space around them. An attempt at reconciliation with the world and human nature.
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Cao Fei Director · Kwan Pung-Leung Cinematographer
First release September 8, 2018 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Original title 监狱建筑师
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
监狱建筑师
Original language
Cantonese
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Cantonese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · September 8, 2018
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February 8, 2019 · Premiere
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