The first film about the Hani people presented at Filmfest Munich

The Communist Party of China declared in 2011 that poverty has been succesfuly eradicated in China. No wonder the film "Hani" with the world premiere at Tallin Black Nights and presented as a German premiere at Filmfest Munich has not yet been screened in China.

Director and screenwriter Hou Dasheng presents the story of a boy who belongs to the old community by the name of Hani.

But who are the Hani people? The Hani, or Ho or Hà Nhì, are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group. They form one of the 56 officially recognized nationalities of the People's Republic of China.

The director traveled with his mother to the Ailao Mountains where he met the Hani people. He got interested in their faith, their customs and in general their way of living.

This is the first film about the Hani. The young actors are not acting, they simple live their lives.

The protagonist, his name is also Hani tries to excape the poverty of his remoted village in the mountain area near the Chinese-Myanmar border. At the same time his biggest wish is to marry his friend Pushiha. This is what he is longing for, but he is poor, and therefore not suitable for the family of Pushiha, who are trading her as they are also poor.

This is a movie about resilience and to never give up hope.