LA DISSIDENTE

Autumn, Nantes.
Hua Liu (60) is helped by her daughter to obtain a long-stay visa so she can spend her retirement with her family, particularly Paul (8), her grandson whom she has never met.
A socially conscious poet, she gives an underground reading in a Chinese restaurant. 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 collect “an important document”.

Nicolas Vimenet

Born in China, Nicolas arrived in France at the age of six, where he studied literature and film at the University of Lumière Lyon 2 and the UPEM respectively. In 2010, he took part in the Fémis’s equal opportunities workshops. Alongside his academic studies, he made his first self-produced short films, always remaining deeply attached to his Chinese roots. His latest film, a 29-minute documentary entitled So Far, So Close (formerly titled A Tiger Runs in the Mountains), won the Grec Rush commission award in 2018.