Wang Jingchun
Award-Winning Filmmaker
Best Actor
As Liu Yaojun, So Long, My Son
Jury Citation
The jury found that Wang Jingchun, in So Long, My Son, gives a restrained and subtle performance that shows the protagonist's endurance in the face of hardship and the tolerance and warmth behind his pain, deeply moving many viewers. His performance is sincere, plain and professional; without much outward display, it creates a deep and expansive inner world for the character.
So Long, My Son: Synopsis
The film tells the story of two families who stood by each other through hard times and are forced apart by an accident with a hidden truth. Through the upheavals of their era they endure pain and unease and the ups and downs of life, and finally choose to face the truth and move forward openly. When young, the families of Liu Yaojun and Shen Yingming are close friends. While the two families' sons, Shen Hao and Liu Xing, are playing outside the city, Yaojun's son Liu Xing dies in an accident, and this changes the fate of both families. The Lius move far away to the south. Years later, now aged, they meet again, and the hidden truth is finally revealed through the openness of the younger generation. Time passes, and life rolls on...