Synopsis
In the year of 2327, the matriarchal society has developed into a scientism-centered society. Marriages of human beings are matched based on genes. Love has died. Tian Qian runs into a mysterious clone man in her usual underground bookstore, who has been rattling her mind the whole time. She believes she might have fallen in love as people once did. Regardless of the difference in human species, she decides to ask her mother who is in charge of the genetic engineering to modify the perimeter settings of the clone man, in order to match him to her and make surrogacy between them possible. Surprisingly, her all-time strong mother says yes to her request…The film is adapted from Wang Jinkang’s science fiction novel of the same name.
Liu Yanwenjun
Writer-director Liu Yanwenjun holds master degrees from London Film School and Wuhan University. She gained further filmmaking experience by working as assistant director for Tsui Hark and Lou Ye, as well as by filming documentary for Ann Hui's film project. Her early experience in journalism has encouraged an interest in exploring people's stories, feelings and emotions, and therefore, her films reflect such an interest with unique style of realism which communicates her film characters' journey and emotion with heightened sensitivity.
Director's statement
My friend is an accomplished lawyer, who is diagnosed as unable to conceive naturally and she has been through several failed relationships. As she was getting older, she was set up by a matchmaker with a man who has no common ground with her. He seemed to be okay with that she couldn’t conceive naturally. She was deeply touched by it and decided to marry him in no time. I feel strongly shock about her story as a spinster myself. I found that our society has been objectifying women subtly, even highly educated and financially independent women do not have the power to break free from it. After married, she got pregnant naturally. Her husband took the whole credit for it. My friend finally realized that he wasn’t right for her and they split eventually. She made me think about how humanity and society shape each other and influence human relationships.
