Song Fang : 2012
Ji yi wang zhe wo
Fang travels from Beijing to spend some time with her ageing parents at their home in Nanjing. Perfectly capturing the rhythm of a brief sojourn home, her remarkable debut feature reflects, through encounters with relatives, neighbours and friends, on what it means to grow old; how an adult child's relationship with her parents changes as they grow older; and how to negotiate one's place as a single woman in a world of married couples. Reunions, both joyful and heart-wrenching, reminiscences, and moments of feeling painfully out of place. Around her, as time goes by, memories often come back in the conversations unexpectedly, some she knows, some not. The present is mixed up with the past, and the steps towards the future may walk along the path of eternal loss. Those left behind cope with the loss of someone with whom they've spent much of their lives. A quiet meditation on mortality, the healing powers and limitations of family intimacy, and the inexorable passage of time. Winner of the award for Best First Feature at Locarno Film Festival 2012.
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