Taming the Horse - True/False Film Fest

Taming the Horse

In the cutthroat world of modern China, Tong wanders aimlessly, looking for romance – and the meaning of life.
Director: GU Tao
Runtime: 2:09
In-person: director GU Tao
Fest Year: 2018
Tong has just turned 30, and everything in his life is falling apart. He just left his job at a photography studio, his girlfriend is seeing another man, his mom is ill and his brother thinks he just isn’t applying himself. Director GU Tao reunites with his longtime friend in this portrait of a young man in the rapidly changing moral-less society that dominates the Chinese condition today. The evocative camerawork floats down the streets of Kunming as Tong ruminates on his love life and tries to find his place in the world. Over a year of Tong’s life, each scintillatingly immersive observational scene entertains without judgment. (AS) Presented by the Consulate General of Canada.