Almost Heaven
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Ying Ling is away from home training to become a mortician at one of China’s largest funeral homes. Despite her fear of ghosts and dead bodies, she learns the spa rituals; cleaning and massaging the corpses while the grieving families look on.
Ying Ling finds solace from her macabre role through her playful banter with another of the young morticians. Together, they spend their time off talking about their hopes, fears and plans for the future.
As one of many rural-to-urban teenagers working to support her family, Ying Ling must immerse herself in the surreal and grinding world of China’s industrialisation of mortality. With intimate access and moments of humour, we follow Ying Ling as she learns about life while surrounded by death.
Official Selection Berlinale 2017 - Generation 14plus - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 72 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
- Carol Salter 1st Feature
- Producer
- Carol Salter
- Executive Producer
- Elhum Shakerifar
- Editor
- Cinzia Baldessari, Hoping Chen, Rodrigo Saquel
- Director of Photography
- Carol Salter
- Sound
- Peter Hodges
- Music
- Terence Dunn
- Sound Designer
- Raoul Brand
- Film Image
- © Carol Salter
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 15th March 2018
