Synopsis
Liang Yitiao, who was born in the 1950s, has gone through the Cultural Revolution, State-owned Restructuring, Reform and Opening up, and caught up with the national policy of Family Planning. She is the most ordinary among the enthusiastic participants and builders in this era… There was one thing she never gave up – acting. No one gave her a chance, so she made the script herself. No one invests for her, so she sells the house and supports herself. However, the bamboo basket was empty, and there was not a penny left after being deceived by the seasoned liar. At this critical moment in life, Liang Yitiao won over a group of film industry colleagues who came from the bottom like himself and made a play together. They had to use their own skills to get money from the liar…
Yao Bo
I used to spend 5 years in studying Computer Science, but now I'm a director with master’s degree on filmmaking. I have already watched more than 4000 movies since I was in junior high school and started to make film by using DV in the college. Filmmaking turns into a real dream from a hobby, and it's an indispensable part of my life. The power of the dream drives me give up Computer Science and transferred to New York Film Academy to get professional education about film. Not everyone can do the thing he/she loves as a whole life career, I am lucky.
Director's statement
There is a group of people who have lived through an era of impoverishment in China and an era of prosperity in which living standards have greatly improved. They all grow old now. They do not only need their children to worry, but they also undertake or subsidize their children’s mortgages, babysit, and educate the third generation of the family, to allow their children to work hard in the society without any worries… Is it still too late to pursue the dream they had to give up because of the times? Should we continue to live a seemingly happy old age? Some people say that China has entered an aging society and think that the elderly is a burden to society, but they are still the backbone and strength of this society and have their own spiritual world.
