a new film by awardwinning filmmaker Wang Yi Chun

Twenty years ago, Shengli fell in love with Junxia from the same village, but was falsely accused of rape by Junxia's mother and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The story begins when Shengli is released from prison. He found Junxia, who is working as a nanny in Beijing, and confronts her about the past, but he is once again attracted by Junxia because of his simple mind. Junxia persuades him to kidnap the house owner's silly boy Huhu…soon a simple crime spirals completely out of their control...

Director: Wang Yichun 王一淳 ("What's in the Darkness" 黑处有什么 ) - BEST DIRECTOR WINNER

Cast: Jiang Wu 姜武 (“The Eight Hundred”八佰 ) - BEST ACTOR WINNER

Yan Ni 闫妮 ("Coming Home”归来) - BEST ACTRESS WINNER

Chloe Maayan 曾美慧孜 (“Three Husbands”三夫) - BEST ACTRESS WINNER

“The Escaping Man” is the second feature of award-winning young director Wang Yichun. Her debut feature “What’s in the Darkness” was nominated for Best Feature at the Berlinale Generation 14plus and also the Sutherland Award of the London Film Festival of first features. The film won Best Director at the First Youth International Film Festival.