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The Calling (VR FEATURE FILM)

This film tells the story of a middle-aged real estate tycoon - Jianguo Wang - suffering from a dual personality disorder exacerbated by extreme work and private life pressures. One day, he receives a call from a stranger. The stranger is able to mysteriously control Wang’s car door from a distance. If Wang has a hope of opening the door, he must obey the stranger’s increasingly bizarre orders. Based on the stranger’s puzzling clues, Wang sees himself divorced from his beautiful but demanding wife Min, his lover Ling-Ling is murdered by a man donning a black coat in a hotel suite, and Wang’s Real Estate empire collapses around him. In tantalizing morsels, the stranger continues to reveal the things Wang has done in the past. Finally, the stranger gives him a pill and Wang falls into a coma. After several minutes, in a darkened room the mobile rings again. Wang is standing in an unlit room with a menacing grin - dialing himself …

  • JONATHAN CUI
    Writer
  • YU (CHARLES) ZHANG
    Director
    Principle Director
  • JONATHAN CUI
    Director
    Co-director
  • ANGELINA LIU
    Producer
  • XI LUO
    Key Cast
    "JIANGUO WANG"
  • NINA CAO
    Key Cast
    "MIN"
  • FIONA LI
    Key Cast
    "LING LING"
  • THOMAS GUO
    Key Cast
    "Black coat man"
  • JINFENG LI
    Key Cast
    "ZHONG LIU"
  • XIAOBO LIU
    Key Cast
    "Hoster"
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 10 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    360-degree Video, MP4
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - YU (CHARLES) ZHANG, JONATHAN CUI

Filmmaker, VR film Director, scholar. Graduate from Beijing Film Academy for his Postgraduate, He worked for a University as a Senior Lecturer and published 11 books in the field of Animation and Game in China.

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PhD candidate, Griffith film School, Griffith University, Australia