Creative Statement
Nomadic peoples have loved falcons for a very long time. But as society has developed, falcons have gradually left people's work and daily lives and now exist more as part of traditional culture and modern entertainment. In some countries, falcons are bought and sold at high prices and have become symbols of status. The grandparents hold to tradition on the grassland, the middle generation drifts between city and grassland, and whether the marks of nomadic culture can be passed on to the next generation growing up in cities is the present reality of today's "nomads". Through three generations and a gyrfalcon, we hope to present a moving story of family, and at the same time to rethink the relationship between people and nature.
Synopsis
After losing his mother, Dayan develops aphasia and becomes more and more rebellious. He bites a classmate's ear and is expelled from school. His father Gongqing, struggling to make a living, has to ask his younger brother Mashi, who lives in the pastoral area, to take Dayan back to their grassland home. On the grassland, Dayan finds the bird his mother once told him was the fastest flier in the world: the gyrfalcon. Getting closer step by step, he finds a gyrfalcon nest on a cliff and a badly injured chick. He takes the chick home and, with his grandfather's help, nurses it back to health and teaches it to fly. Just as Dayan is wondering whether to release the young bird into the wild, Gongqing, who has not been home for years, arrives on the grassland with a merchant who trades in gyrfalcons. Because of the gyrfalcon, three generations have to face the estrangement that has long divided them. To protect the gyrfalcon, Dayan suddenly cries out. Moved by his son's determination, Gongqing finally gives up selling the bird. The three generations resolve their conflicts, and each of them grows.
