<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nHu Cai, a Cantonese, works as a photographer, independent film director, producer and actor.
Photography Works: Theatrical films Blossoms by the Road and Cicada’s Coat;
Directorial Works: 2024 short film Where to Tomorrow, 2025 film Wear a Helmet When Fishing.
Among them, Where to Tomorrow won the Best Narrative Short Film Award at the 2024 HALO International Film Festival, and received a nomination for Best Independent Short Film at the 2024 Cannes World Film Festival, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Perfect Double takes the “digital double” as a starting point to explore the contemporary predicaments of social anxiety and identity recognition, embodying digital life in a tangible way\u2014from the false comfort brought by the double to the identity crisis after it spirals out of control, and ultimately culminates in the protagonist being “erased” from reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nXiao Wei, a socially anxious man, uses an app to create an AI double that shares his appearance but has a confident personality, and lets it socialize on his behalf.
\nAt first, the double\u2019s success plunges Xiao Wei into virtual gratification. However, the double gradually spirals out of control: it not only develops genuine feelings for Xiao Yu, but also begins to question the very value of Xiao Wei\u2019s existence, and eventually claims to be the more perfect “Xiao Wei”.
\nWhen Xiao Wei tries to expose the double in the real world, he finds that in Xiao Yu\u2019s eyes, he himself has become the stranger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"movie_genre":[217,215],"movie_tag":[508,509],"class_list":["post-6108","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_genre-chinese-films","movie_genre-short-film","movie_tag-directed-by-cai-hu-9min-58sec","movie_tag-perfect-double"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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