Shun Li and the Poet (Io sono Li)

2011
Italy / France
1h 40min
15

Directed by: Andrea Segre
Cast: Tao Zhao, Rade Serbedzija, Marco Paolini
Language: Italian
UK release: 21 June 2013

Chinese single mother Shun Li (Zhao Tao) is an immigrant in Italy, who while tending a bar in a small coastal town befriends a widowed Slavic fisherman (Serbedzija). This debut fiction feature from Italian documentary-maker Segre is a delicately observed exploration of themes of immigration, belonging and economic change.