King of Peking

International Narrative Competition

World Premiere

USA, Australia, China | 88 MINUTES | Mandarin | English subtitles

KING OF PEKING

Drama, Comedy
Big Wong and Little Wong are a close knit father-son duo. Together, they travel around as a mobile cinema projecting Hollywood movies for local villagers. When Big Wong’s ex-wife demands he start paying spousal support, he realizes he may lose custody of his son. In order to raise enough money to stay together, Big Wong takes up a job as a janitor in an old Beijing movie theater.

When Big Wong happens upon an old DVD recorder in a junk store, he comes up with a business plan that he hopes will make him enough money to maintain custody of Little Wong: creating and selling bootleg DVDs. Together, they secretly run their new business — which they name King of Peking — out of the basement of the movie theater. As business booms, Little Wong starts to question the moral and ethical implications of their scheme and Big Wong senses that he is slowly losing his son’s trust.

In King of Peking, writer-director Sam Voutas put his reverence for movies on full display. He crafts a beautiful story that is at once an endearing father-son story and a love letter to cinema.

—Shayna Weingast

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Sam Voutas

Australian Sam Voutas was raised in Beijing in the 80s and 90s. His Chinese language feature film, Red Light Revolution, was recently included on the British Film Institute’s list of “10 Great Films Set in Beijing” and went on to win the People’s Choice Award at the 2011 Singapore International Film Festival.
Director
Sam Voutas
Screenwriter
Sam Voutas
Cinematographer
Seppe Van Grieken
Editor
Sam Voutas
Executive Producer
Lisa Chang, Jesse Veverka
Producer
Jane Zheng, Melanie Ansley
Line Producer
Maxine Zheng
Cast
Zhao Jun, Wang Naixun, Han Qing, Si Chao, Geng Bowen, Yi Long

CONTACTS

US Sales Contact
Nate Bolotin
XYZ Films
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: 310 956 1550
rachel@xyzfilms.com
Print Source
Melanie Ansley
Peking Pictures
Irvine, CA 92614
Phone: 310 733 0693
info@pekingpictures.com
International Sales Contact
Nate Bolotin
XYZ Films
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Phone: 310 956 1550
rachel@xyzfilms.com
Press Contact
Steven Raphael
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