Zhu Xin : 2018
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It is the summer of 2009. In the southern Chinese town of Hangzhou, it is stiflingly hot before the arrival of a rainstorm. 14-year-old Li Senlin is bored and stuck doing homework. Inspiration finally arrives when her aunt comes to visit unexpectedly and is full of curious stories – tales that could be true, but don't have to be. Auntie Qiu, a boatwoman who hasn't shown up for years, recounts the tale of a strange encounter on an abandoned island. Li Senlin loses her turtle while her father is away on a business trip. There's another "Senlin" that keeps being mentioned by her parents. She faintly suspects that Auntie Qiu is actually her biological mother. Misplaced turtles and lost red flags reappear unexpectedly. As the first thunderstorms and rain clouds approach on the horizon, memory, dream and reality interweave into one another. It's like being caught up in a Chinese midsummer night's dream. Zhu Xin's feature debut premiered at Busan International Film Festival 2018, and had its European premiere in the Forum section at Berlin International Film Festival 2019.
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