World Premiere
China丨2021丨Color丨118min丨Fiction
Yan Bing丨Wang Hongwei丨Ding Jianguo丨Sun Zhaohui丨Chen Zhicheng丨Wang Hongwei丨Ding Jianguo丨Sun Zhaohui丨Athena Chu丨Tse Kwan Ho丨Tian Yuan丨 Monica Chan丨 Zhou Xianxin丨Jian Hui
Director’s Biography
Yan Bing graduated from the Communication University of Shanxi and Beijing Film Academy, majored in directing. The short film A MOVIE FAN was shortlisted for the Drama Competition Unit (professional group) of the 17th Beijing College Student Film Festival. The screenplay of 160 YEARS OLD won Best Screenplay of the 10th Young Screenwriters Program of the Beijing Film Academy/China Film Script Institute; 2019 Winner Award for the Falcon Plan Venture Capital of the 14th Chinese Young Generation Film Forum of China Film Association, and ARRI International Support Program-Future Plan for Chinese Youth.
Synopsis
A father who cannot cure his own stubborn illness, a professor mother who struggles with existential questions, a son who is confused and precocious, a giant tortoise that suddenly leaves, and a sentimental grandfather who passed away. The uncle cannot finish reading THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. The aunt won’t get married. The grandfather is his own daughter’s enemy. The uncle does not want to return from the Philippines. And an unborn child. Summer goes, and autumn comes. Things remain, but people change.