GUIÁN
  • Country/Area of ProductionCosta Rica, China
  • Language of DialogueSpanish, Mandarin, Chinese Dialect
  • Runtime76min
  • DirectorNicole Chi
  • Type of WorkFeature-Length
  • ProducerAlejandra Vargas Carballo
Introduction:

As a consequence of Guián passing away, Nicole starts meeting up with people that had known her grandma: her best friend, her younger brother and her grandma from her dad's side. This traveling to different parts of Costa Rica provides a glimpse of the Chinese-Costa Rican community, and she finds a poetic resemblance between these characters and her deceased grandma.While uncovering more about Guián, Nicole finds the need to go to Engping, the village in Southern China her grandma abandoned when she emigrated to Costa Rica, a small country in Central America promised to be the Gold Mountain. This would be the first time Nicole ever steps into Chinese soil. Having never learned Chinese, she confronts the reality of a country and culture she thought she knew.

 

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