简介：影片2012年获温哥华国际电影节龙虎奖，2013年入选鹿特丹国际电影节“光明未来”单元和纽约“新作品／新导演”影展，2013年获得第十届中国独立影像展剧情片竞赛单元最高奖。 TherearesurpriseseveryyearinChina’sembattledindiesector,butfewasunexpectedasthisone.LiLuohastakenthreechaptersoftheMingDynastynovelJourneytotheWest(akaMonkey)andadaptedthestoryoftheshort-termdeathofEmperorLiShimintothemodernChinaofofficials,bureaucratsandgangsters.TheDragonKingpervertsthecourseofnatureandispunishedwithexecution;theemperortriedtostepintopreventithappening,buthedidn’tallowforthepowerofdreams.NowLiislyingonhisdeathbed,besetbystrayghosts.Canhebesaved?Thestorytellingexploresseverallayersof"reality,"butcoalescesintoanimageofChina’sperennialabsurdity:anew-oldworldwherepeacealwaysbreedswealth.Brilliant,straight-facedpoliticalsatire.The"ungrammatical"title,bytheway,referencesaChinesemovieof1927.…