Synopsis
Plagued by tinnitus, Ye Ziwei discovers a skull during a routine job at a coal washery, thus uncovering the memories and scars of a previous generation. The death of his father and the appearance of a mysterious man break the original trajectory of Ye Ziwei’s life. In this land，history and reality are intertwined.
Kyle Lyu
Kyle Lyu, male, Chinese, was born in Fenyang City, Shanxi Province in 1997. He is a graduate of the School of Arts, Peking University in 2022.
Director's statement
This is a story about “trauma” that stems from where I grew up. Since ancient times, coal and people have formed a symbiotic relationship. Human civilization has thus benefited from the extraction and use of coal resources, but this extraction has not come without a price. Miners have exchanged their life energy for the natural energy of coal. When over-exploitation and plundering have occurred, coal mines have gradually been reduced to rubble, and human life energy has been depleted little by little.
