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.

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