The Gambler Jianmin
SHEN Hancheng • 2016
The short documentary is about an unemployed rural middle-aged man ,Shen Jianmin,who gambles for decades (he is my father)and his daily life and family relations. Film shooting by fixed camera position, from 2013 to 2015.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
2017 Beijing Independent Film Festival, China
CAST & CREW
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
SHEN Hancheng
Director
I made this film, partly as an account and a summary of myself, and partly because my father’s addiction to gambling is common in the countryside and I wanted someone to see this situation.