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Interview with Viv Li on "Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest"

Interview with Viv Li on "Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest"

Moviebreak Interviews und Festivals vor 6 Monaten

"Life is funnier than you think"

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Social pressure, professional strains, and emotional tension come
together in Viv Li’s personal and disarmingly humorous portrait of
herself at a crossroads. Witty and visually arresting, her feature
documentary debut finds the universal in individual issues and vice
versa while meditating on identity, insecurity, and ideals. Just a
couple of weeks after premiering at the Berlinale and MoMA’s ND/NF
forum, Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest comes to Visions du
Réel’s main competition. Before heading to her next screening in
New York, the Chinese filmmaker based in Berlin spoke with Lidanoir
about the detailed development process, the challenges aspiring
filmmakers face, and finding the humor in everyday events.