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This Is Sanlitun
''This Is Sanlitun'' is a 2013 comedy film directed by Róbert Ingi Douglas and starring Carlos Ottery. It is a co-production between China, Iceland and Ireland. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot The film is a mockumentary about Gary, a British man, arriving in Beijing to set up a business and reconnect with his ex-wife. Cast * Carlos Ottery as Gary * Christopher Loton as Frank * Ai Wan as Lin * Cromwell Cheung as Wang Ke * David Kenneth Vaughan as Jonathan Taylor-Sharpe References External links * 2013 films 2010s mockumentary films Chinese comedy films Irish comedy films English-language Icelandic films English-language Irish films English-language Chinese films Films set in Beijing Expatriates Icelandic comedy films 2013 comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s Mandarin-language films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róbert Ingi Douglas
Róbert Ingi Douglas (born 4 June 1973, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who made his feature film debut with ''Íslenski draumurinn'' (2000). That film became a sleeper hit in the summer of 2000 becoming one of Iceland's biggest box-office hits that year. Róbert Douglas followed the success of his first film with a darker film about subtle racism in Iceland's society, ''A Man Like Me'' (2002). That film proved to be another commercial success in Iceland. Douglas then made ''Eleven Men Out'' (2005), a film about an all-gay soccer team. The film has already become a success outside of Iceland and is the director's first film to do so. Before making ''Eleven Men Out'', Douglas made a documentary for television. ''This Is Sanlitun'' (2013), a comedy feature film set in Beijing is Douglas's latest film and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013, it is Douglas's first English language film. Douglas is half Northern Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |