Sep 23, 2011
100 min
Full-HD

Shun Li and the Poet (2011)

A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.

Category

Drama

Country

Italy France

Companies

RAI Cinema Jolefilm ARTE Eurimages Regione del Veneto Aeternam Films Roma Lazio Film Commission MiC ZaLab Film

Zhao Tao

Shun Li

Rade Šerbedžija

Bepi, the Poet

Marco Paolini

Coppe

Roberto Citran

Lawyer

Giuseppe Battiston

Devis

Giordano Bacci

Baffo

Spartaco Mainardi

Maicol

Zhong Cheng

Zang

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