Returning to my long-left hometown for my father's surgery, I wait with my pregnant sister in heavy silence. As time stretches, buried scars resurface. Set in a small town in southern China, the film meditates on memory, family, and the quiet ache of unspoken emotions.
Lili Huang
Fei Xinjie
Returning to my long-left hometown for my father's surgery, I wait with my pregnant sister in heavy silence. As time stretches, buried scars resurface. Set in a small town in southern China, the film meditates on memory, family, and the quiet ache of unspoken emotions.
Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out into the woods as their car pulls away. Now they must make their way through the thick of nature and thick gunfire to accomplish their mission. Not a single word of dialogue is spoken throughout the entire film. Instead, the music, sounds, images and deeply truthful acting turn a simple plot into an intense experience. Passion and intrigue keep building to the very end.
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