Ju wai ren

Stranger
Director
Zhengfan Yang
Country
China, United States, Netherlands, Norway, France
Year
2024
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Zhengfan Yang
Cast
Jing Jin, Liguo Yuan, Baohe Xue
Production
Burn The Film, Baldr Film, Norsk Filmproduksjon, Les Films de l'Après-Midi

Storyline

The hotel room as a place where everybody is a stranger. A place that is yours for just a moment. A temporarily intimate space that a maid enters in order to clean it while, if possible, not leaving a single trace of her visit. Each part of the episodic Stranger is set in just such a place. One episode equals one shot. One shot equals one story. What they have in common is China, the home country of both guests and staff, although each of their lives differs from the others. The film’s absurd, darkly humorous, poignant, and mysterious stories are set in a seemingly confined space that nevertheless opens up new and surprising dimensions with each episode.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2024
Proxima Competition
Grand Prix