Oxhide II (2009)

Oxhide II 2009 / 牛皮贰 2009 / Niu Pi II , Niu Pi Er , 牛皮貳

Building on the stunning vision of Oxhide, writer-director Liu Jia Yin once again casts herself and her parents in scripted versions of their life in a tiny Beijing apartment. Liu takes her uncompromising artistry to the extreme, setting all of the action around the family dinner table, which doubles as her father's leather-making station. As the workbench is cleared for the family to make a dinner of dumplings, the camera catches every meticulous detail of the action in real time. Small moments between family members reveal deep insights into the mysteries of family relations and the art of everyday living. (Source: dGenerateFilms.com)