Bound in Heaven (Kun bang shang tian tang) (LUXFILMFEST)

Huo XIN, 109 min, 2024 - China

After their chance encounter, Xia Yo – a businesswoman and victim of an abusive husband – runs away with Xu Zitai, a man doomed by illness. Closely bound by desire and passion, they embark on a journey of physical and emotional liberation, an exploration of life and death.Adapted from Li Xiuwen’s 2003 novel, Bound in Heaven follows a distinctly novelistic structure by infiltrating various periods of the same relationship, which is shaken by a young man’s illness and invigorated by the heroine’s passion. A unique love story which subtly narrates the major socio-economic shifts of contemporary China.