Meili is an ill-fated girl: she grew up without her parents, her sister and brother-in-law are harassing her for money, her dear girlfriend – with whom they were planning to escape to Shanghai – abandons her, while the promises that appear in the horizon are deceitful. Delivering a staggering portrait of a human in desperate need for love, a first-time director manages to capture a great universal truth, despite his young age: The greatest human tragedy is no other than hope.
Meili
Meili
59th TIFF: International Premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Zhou Zhou
- Script: Zhou Zhou, Chi Yun
- Cinematography: Zhu Enli
- Editing: Zhou Zhou, Huang Bojun
- Sound: Wang Changrui
- Actors: Zhou Meiyan, Li Xianjing, Wang Limin, Li Shuangyu, Yuan Xiaoyu
- Production: Sea Original Film
- Producers: Yu Hongbo
- Art Direction: Zhou Zhou, Chi Yun
- Executive producer: Chi Ying, Tian Jiao Ping
- Make Up: Sun Haitao
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Taiwan
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 88΄
- Contact: Fortissimo Films, info@fortissimofilms.com
Zhou Zhou
ZHOU Zhou was born in Anqing, Anhui, China in 1984 and completed his graduate studies on Radio and Television Journalism at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2006. He currently works as a script consultant for Jiaying Film. Meili is Zhou Zhou’s first feature film and was nominated for the Best Narrative Feature, Best Performer and Spirit of Freedom awards at the 12th Xining International Film Festival. Meili’s heroin, Chiyun, won the Best Performer category for her incredible delivery on camera.
Filmography
2018 Meili