Synopsis
Tatsun’s mother is dying of a recurrence of an old illness but is reluctant to seek medical treatment because of the family’s financial difficulties. Father has abandoned the family and is living with another woman. Brother, who cannot stand her father’s domestic violence, has run away from home since she was a child and is always unpredictable. Tatsun has always wanted to hold her solo exhibition, but her troubled family has made her way to art difficult. To help her mother, she has no choice but to seek help from her father, who has been out of touch for a long time, only to find him dead at home. The tragedy catches her off guard, and she becomes severely depressed, even unable to distinguish reality from hallucination. As she suffers physically and mentally, a mind-boggling truth comes to light ……
Tan Di
Born in Chengdu, China. In 2016, he started his career as a film practitioner. Film scripts include“Floating Life” (2016) A poor rural family struggles to find a "ghost wife" for their dead single son, triggering a story that intertwines in time and space. Screenwriter of “Year of the Rabbit”(2018) Wang Nan, a 6-year-old girl, experiences her ill-fated mother who wants to keep her baby girl in her belly on New Year's Eve. Learns to understand the meanings of life and love. Also directed short films such as “Return”(2012) and“Travelling in Dream” (2017).
Director's statement
I have always wanted to make a film about the exploration of life. “Who am I?” naturally became the first theme in this direction. Not everyone would ponder such “ridiculous” questions, but there are still some people who spend their whole lives searching for the truth of “self”. This kind of endeavor has been driving the development of the human world. The story explores how the complexities of life, emotions, stress, desires, etc. And how they act on us. Many scenes of the film attempt to visualize the emotional tempests, creating a fleeting “surreal” moment that illuminates the girl’s spiritual quest. Through the transformation between reality and illusion and the wonderful combination of various iconographies, the dreamy colors stray from the cruel reality of emotions, bringing this realistic story a fantastic atmosphere.
