Welcome to Shamatown
August 12th, 2011
Amusing but also alienating, Welcome to Shamatown may be a little too dry and culturally specific for non-China audiences. From first-time director Li Weiran,Shamatown tells the tale of a remote desert village called Shamatown (duh), with houses constructed of mud and wood, and residents seemingly made of materials that aren’t much greater. Shamatown’s mayor is Tang Gaopeng (Sun [...]