Director: Cheng Donglin

Synopsis

Wuhan went into lockdown on January 23, 2020. In the summer vacation of 2021, Cheng Donglin returned home again to learn about his grandfather's life. His grandfather, a divorced carpenter living on the outskirts of Wuhan, is over 75 and has run a sawmill for more than 20 years. What is life like for him, living alone in old age? What was his past like? In 2022, just as everything seemed to be the same as in previous years, his grandfather's sawmill suddenly received a notice that the land was being requisitioned and the mill had to be demolished. What kind of life will he have in the future? "Do not go gentle into that good night / Even at dusk you can run and burn / Use dreams / Use dreams to light the fading light..."