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The Dissident (2026)
Directed by Nicolas Vimenet
Drama · 22m
Fall, Nantes. Hua Liu, a 60-year-old Chinese woman, is assisted by her daughter to obtain a long-stay visa and retire with her family, especially Paul (8), her grandson whom she has recently met.. A committed poet, she gives a clandestine reading in a Chinese restaurant. On that day, a man in a suit confiscates all her books. After picking up Paul from school, she is summoned by a mysterious office to retrieve "an important document."
Cast
Chen Lili
Arnaud de Montlivault
Yves Yan
Yilin Yang
Crew
- Director
- Nicolas Vimenet
- Writer
- Nicolas Vimenet
- Director of Photography
- Paloma Pineda
- Original Music Composer
- Olivier Militon
- Editor
- Jean Costa
Details
- Release date
- 2026-06-06
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Le Petite Ellipse