As an impressive film by Chinese director Zhang Wei, Destiny is a work that frankly tells about a mother’s hard and desperate struggle in defense of her son suffering from autism, pointing out the lack of conscienceabout the issueof the Chinese society...
Convincente prova del regista cinese Zhang Wei, Destiny è lavoro che senza patine edulcorate racconta la battaglia improba di una madre in difesa del figlio affetto di autismo, mettendo in luce una certa mancanza di coscienza del problema da parte della società cinese...
Zhang Wei again courts controversy with his latest film about how the world treats an autistic child. Chen Mengwei speaks with the director about his motivation. Two years ago, Zhang Wei made his name by directing The Factory Boss, a plot based on true stories that tells of the rise and fall of made-in-China products through the perspective of a sweatshop owner...
Karen Ma is a lecturer of Chinese Culture and Film at The Beijing Center of Chinese Studies. Author of Excess Baggage (China Books, 2013), a fictional tale about a Chinese family’s struggle in Tokyo, Ma was previously a film critic for The Asahi Evening News. She writes frequently about Chinese culture, literature and film for publications in Asia and North America...
Destiny the Chinese film which was in the competition section of Asian section of the 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival is an important film from the perspective of a mother of an autistic child who undergoes a traumatic experience throughout her life...