Wushu Orphan
New York Asian Film Festival 2019
June 28 - July 11, 2019
Wet-behind-the-ears Lu Youhong takes a job teaching Chinese at a remote martial-arts academy, where he meets Zhang Cuishan, the only student who cares about academics. Huang Huang’s film is a beautifully poetic paean to the bittersweet pangs of growing up at any age.
Q&A with Huang Huang
In the late ’90s, wet-behind-the-ears Lu Youhong takes a job teaching Chinese at a remote martial-arts academy. Of his many students, only one cares about academics: Zhang Cuishan, who excels at schoolwork but hates martial arts. As Lu tries to form a protective bond with the bullied Zhang, he also develops a crush on the school’s pretty young doctor, while learning inadvertent life lessons from the principal’s quirky son. Huang Huang’s evocative feature debut is a beautifully poetic paean to the bittersweet pangs of growing up at any age.
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