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If I Can’t Dance

Dutch premiere
Available online: 21/03/2024
Director Dorothy CHEUNG
Hong Kong SAR China 2022
17 minutes
Cantonese

Synopsis

She faces endless rehabilitation; her body keeps recalling the injury; she wishes to appease, yet she fell……Three dancers who have confronted injuries filled the visual with strain on the body. The film ponders how to co-exist with the trauma and keep going after one’s world falls apart.

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She faces endless rehabilitation; her body keeps recalling the injury; she wishes to appease, yet she fell……Three dancers who have confronted injuries filled the visual with strain on the body. The film ponders how to co-exist with the trauma and keep going after one’s world falls apart.

Full credits

Section
Out of Competition
Director
Dorothy CHEUNG
Production countries
Hong Kong SAR China
Production year
2022
Duration
17 minutes
Producer
Cathy LAU, Elysa WENDI, Yuri NG, Samuel CHAI

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