Country: China
Year: 2015
Duration: 100'
The story of two generations unfolds through apparently disconnected moments. The story of Shanshan, who was sent to England to study when she was young and finds herself living a solitary life, involved in virtual relationships which pain her but which she can’t do without; and that of a middle-aged father, who left his hometown as a young man, moved to Beijing and is now facing death. His feelings of helplessness involve the condition of the state-run film studio where he works, while his illness increasingly undermines him.
Biography
film director
Degena Yun
Degena Yun (China) specialized at the department of media arts of London’s Royal Holloway University and received a master’s degree from the department of directing at Beijing’s Film Academy. In 2011, she directed her first short, The Forest, which was followed the next year by Latitude 52, presented at the Montreal Film Festival and other international festivals. The screenplay of A Simple Goodbye, which was initially called Last Days, was selected for the BFA’s New Talent Nurturing Program.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Forest (cm, 2011), Lao shao qia (Latitude 52, 2012), A Simple Goodbye (2015).
Declaration
film director
“The living are always running away from the reality of death, even when it’s right in front of us. I avoided revisiting memories of my father’s death, but when I became a mother myself, I finally began to understand the innate human duty to multiply. I was forced to experience the unique feelings parents have toward their children. The isolation brought on by those feelings was intense, so intense that typical means of emotional expression no longer sufficed. In many families today, love is something buried too deep in people’s hearts, and it’s too hard to see from outside.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura, montaggio/director, screenplay, film editing
Degena Yun
fotografia/cinematography
Ma Sai, Mu Zhenglun
scenografia/production design
Hai Rihan
costumi/costume design
Liu Mengya
musica/music
He Bin
suono/sound
Xu Chen, Gao Qiuhui
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Degena Yun (Shanshan), Tu Men (il padre di Shanshan/Shanshan’s father), Ai Liya (la madre di Shanshan/Shanshan’s mother), Hasi Qiqige (la zia di Shanshan/Shanshan’s aunt), Wu Jimu (la nonna di Shanshan/Shanshan’s grandma), Ba Yingerile (Ba Yin), Shao Yuhua (Li Jing)
produttori/producers
Hou Guangming, Cao Yin, Zhang Huijun, Yu Jianhong, Mai Lisi
coproduttori/coproducers
Huang Yingxia, Zhang Jianhua
contatti/contacts
Degena Yun
degena@qq.com
Degena Yun
fotografia/cinematography
Ma Sai, Mu Zhenglun
scenografia/production design
Hai Rihan
costumi/costume design
Liu Mengya
musica/music
He Bin
suono/sound
Xu Chen, Gao Qiuhui
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Degena Yun (Shanshan), Tu Men (il padre di Shanshan/Shanshan’s father), Ai Liya (la madre di Shanshan/Shanshan’s mother), Hasi Qiqige (la zia di Shanshan/Shanshan’s aunt), Wu Jimu (la nonna di Shanshan/Shanshan’s grandma), Ba Yingerile (Ba Yin), Shao Yuhua (Li Jing)
produttori/producers
Hou Guangming, Cao Yin, Zhang Huijun, Yu Jianhong, Mai Lisi
coproduttori/coproducers
Huang Yingxia, Zhang Jianhua
contatti/contacts
Degena Yun
degena@qq.com
