Peter Ho-sun Chan : 2014
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When their son goes missing, Tian Wenjun and his ex-wife, Lu Xiaojuan, find their ordinary lives thrown into complete turmoil. Overwhelmed with guilt, they comb through half the country in search of him but to no avail. The waiting is the hardest thing to endure but they persevere, hope is the only thing that gives them a reason to live. One day they encounter Han Dezhong and his wife Fan Yun, another couple who lost their child. Han introduces Tian and Lu to a support group that is dedicated to locating missing children. When Han tracks down a lead, Tian and Lu quietly travel up north to a remote village, where they eventually find their long lost son, Peng. Tian and Lu return home with Peng, but Peng has changed. He sees them as strangers. The child is traumatised after being taken away from his 'family' for a second time. Meanwhile, Li Hongqin, Peng's foster mother from the village arrives in the city in search of her last surviving relative, exposing long buried secrets. Peter Ho-sun Chan's feature premiered at Venice International Film Festival 2014.
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