Directed by the female filmmaker Shao Yihui and featuring a female-dominated ... her daughter Momo and her love-struck female neighbor Ye. Unusually for Chinese cinema, the male characters are very ...

Shao’s illustrations are rooted in her personal experience. They combine her Chinese American heritage with her life ... “I think of [my murals] as their own universes with sets of characters that ...

The film is directed by Shao Yihui ... of both male and female characters. And after preview screenings we have had audience feedback likening it to a Chinese version of ‘Barbie’,” a ...