The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
Ilinca Calugareanu
Director
Ilinca Calugareanu
Writer
Casts & Crew
Yuguo Yin
Self (archive footage)
Also Directed by Ilinca Calugareanu
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