Un rêve chinois

"The glory and decadence of the Mongolian ethnicity. Climate change and the economic and urban transformation of China have seen the steppes turn into desert and its inhabitants forced to leave the countryside for the city. Among the people who are emigrating to the metropolises, a group of horse breeders has decided to set up home in the suburbs of Beijing, in the stables of a Chinese billionaire passionate about horse racing. Their survival is assured, although modest, but the memory of what they used to be haunts them tirelessly. While their memories, like ghosts from another era, return to the spaces of their native lands, they find their daily activities useless and meaningless. In the meantime, the Chinese businessman is fighting for the government to legalise betting on horse races... A beautiful film that blends the evocation of the past with the observation of a little-known reality, wreathed in melancholy that we see through the statuary frozen in time and the language of a lost epic tale."
(Luciano Barisone - Visions du Réel)