For thousands of years, the Chinese have built family order on the basis of agricultural civilisation, and the bond between relatives is restrained yet intense. But with the rise of migrant work, rural life has become highly uncertain. Traditional clan and family relationships and the rural ecosystem of agricultural civilisation are slowly falling apart.
In 1991, ten-year-old Xu Chuang lives with his grandmother in the countryside and is close friends with Laidan. In spring, Laidan's grandmother dies and is buried with his grandfather. After the wheat harvest, Xu Chuang's uncle is fined for having a second child. In autumn, an oil exploration team accidentally injures Laidan's elder brother, known as the Fool. Because Xu Chuang tells the truth, the compensation comes to nothing. In winter, his aunt marries and leaves, and Xu Chuang is sad to see her go. At Spring Festival, his parents come back from Shenzhen and describe the changes in the south, and many young people plan to leave to find work. Later, his great-grandmother dies and is cremated. On the way back to the village, the urn falls to the ground and her ashes are scattered across the land......
Genre:
Drama, FamilyDirector:
Huo MengScreenwriter:
Huo MengProducer:
Zhang FanProduction Company:
Fuguang Jingying (Foshan) Film and Culture Co., Ltd.Huo Meng: Chinese director, screenwriter and producer. His film Crossing the Border - Zhaoguan (2018) won the Fei Mu Award for Best Director at the 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival and Best Asian Director at the Fajr International Film Festival in Iran, and was nominated for Best Director at the China Golden Rooster Awards, among other honours.
Zhang Fan: producer. She produced the China-Italy co-production After Meeting You, a theatrical film supported by investors and governments in both countries, released worldwide in 2022. Upcoming productions include Welcome Back, now in post-production. She is also head of China for the Longyue China-Europe Producers Association, supporting film and television projects with an international outlook and promoting IP trading and cooperation between China and Europe.
Fuguang Jingying (Foshan) Film and Culture Co., Ltd.: producer of the film Crossing the Border - Zhaoguan, dedicated to the production, promotion and distribution of quality art films by young directors.
Because of policy, 10-year-old Xu Chuang has been living in the countryside. In 1991 he witnesses births, ageing, illness and death, weddings and funerals across his extended rural family, while the village is quietly changing......