Among mountains and streams

Synopsis

In a mysterious forest, far from the borders of the China they left behind, painter Meng Huang and writer Ma Jian discuss exile, political struggle and artistic creation as a response to oppression and lies. Ma Jian lives in London. He is a dissident and a great writer, translated into many languages. He has not been able to return to China since 2011, when all his books were banned. Meng Huang lives in Berlin where he is a well-known painter, in exile by choice.