The weather has turned overnight from great sunshine, blue skies and early summer temperatures to cold, rain and snow across a lot of France.
So I took myself off to the cinema this afternoon to transport myself to Mongolia and China.
Mongolian Ping-Pong (director Ning Hao) is charming and funny. I'm always amazed at the creativity of film directors and writers - who would have thought of a film about a ping pong ball in the depths of the Mongolian steppes ...
Quick cup of coffee and ready for the next trip to China. This was Little Red Flowers (director Zhang Yuan). It's a chronicle of Qiang's experience (at not yet aged 4)of being thrown into "boarding nursery school" 24/7 ... Even in a strictly controlled Maoist institution, Qiang's character - his highs and his lows - play themselves out in this beautiful film.
A great way pass a winter's afternoon.
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