02 Mar 1983
Sans Soleil
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late
"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class households. It postulates the existence of a mass dreaming phenomenon that facilitated fatigued Chinese inhabitants to rejuvenate themselves following the secluded episode of lived experience and to coexist with the enduring imprints of "the event" on their social lives.
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Longqi Li Jun Peng
Li Huang Yuzhou's Mother
Ziyan Liu Yuzhou Chen
Qing Xie Xiaohui Peng
Ting Wang Ting Wang
Hanying Wang Yuzhou's Grandmother
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