From Tomorrow On, I will

Synopsis

The vast, growing city remains unexplored. Li works at night and sleeps during the daytime. His roommate lives in an adverse time schedule. In underground housing, two men sleep on the same bed at a different time. This tiny space becomes a temporal shelter to both of them. But they are leaving soon.

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Director's statement

From tomorrow on, I Will traces the life of a suburban worker in Beijing. Desires and expectations split the protagonist’s life into pieces. As millions of people migrate from the rural to the urban areas, expecting a better future, the main protagonist Li finds himself trapped in a repetitive working routine without any change. The fast-growing city remains huge possibilities but hardly explored. Like many other migrants, Li lives in a tiny space underground. Frustrated by reality, again and again, he already surrendered to the reckless reality and accepted the fate of repetitive work. The city becomes modernized, however, people who contribute to this modernization were wiped away from the enjoyment that usually comes after the economic development. The film combines fiction and documentary elements, shoot on the real locations. Non-professional actors star in the film. Through a closed observation on the protagonist, the film records the relationship among an individual, the crowd and the architectures in the context of a fast-growing city.

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