The weather has turned overnight from great sunshine, blue skies and early summer temperatures to cold, rain and snow across a lot of France.
So I took myself off to the cinema this afternoon to transport myself to Mongolia and China.
Mongolian Ping-Pong (director Ning Hao) is charming and funny. I’m always amazed at the creativity of film directors and writers – who would have thought of a film about a ping pong ball in the depths of the Mongolian steppes …
Quick cup of coffee and ready for the next trip to China. This was Little Red Flowers (director Zhang Yuan). It’s a chronicle of Qiang’s experience (at not yet aged 4)of being thrown into “boarding nursery school” 24/7 … Even in a strictly controlled Maoist institution, Qiang’s character – his highs and his lows – play themselves out in this beautiful film.
A great way pass a winter’s afternoon.