Warm House

China | 88 minutes | 2018 | Fiction | Mandarin and Shanxi Dialect | English and Chinese Subtitles | 14A
中国｜88分钟｜2018｜虚构｜普通话、山西方言｜中英文字幕｜14A
International Premiere 国际首映

Cong Cong (LUO Tengteng) returns to his hometown in Shanxi Province from his studies in Beijing, and spends 14 days with his elder brother Long Long (WEI Zheng) who suffers from bipolar disorder. The two brothers still maintain a close relationship despite long-time separation, but Cong Cong feels more and more overwhelmed when seeing his brother is constantly on an emotional rollercoaster and their mother (FENG Fuzhen) in perpetual torment. Aside from prescription drugs, the family even tries from soul-calling to prayers in the hope of healing Long Long, but everything fails…

Warm House is WEI Dan’s debut feature, a striking and honest adaptation of his own family afflictions. WEI Zheng, who plays Long Long, is his real-life brother.

聪聪（罗腾腾）在北京上学，一日回到山西老家，与患有抑郁躁狂症的哥哥龙龙（魏征）日夜相处十四天。兄弟俩虽长期分隔两地，关系却并未疏远。然而聪聪每日看着哥哥时而平静无力、时而暴躁易怒，母亲（冯福珍）的悲苦，自己也仿佛要被压抑和混乱所淹没。除了处方药物，这个家庭甚至试着用叫魂、祷告等各种方式救治龙龙，然而一切都不起作用……

《母腹之外》是魏丹的长片处女作，改编自他家庭的亲身经历。片中饰演龙龙的魏征，正是他的哥哥。

魏丹，独立电影导演、编剧，1990年出生于中国山西，毕业于吉林艺术学院，现居北京。《母腹之外》是他的长片处女作，获2018年NEW ERA青年电影季（北京）评委会特别提及。

Born in 1990 in Shanxi Province, WEI Dan graduated from Jilin College of the Arts. He is now a Beijing-based independent filmmaker and screenwriter. Warm House is his debut feature, which won a Special Jury Mention at the 2018 NEW ERA Film Festival (Beijing).