Private Project

A Lost Life

In the end of 2022, a series of changes made middle-aged man Li Dong is about to completely lose faith to his life.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, he experienced layoff from work. To hide from his wife, Zhang Yan, he pretended to leave for work early in the morning and returned home late every day. Forced to make a living, he began to drive Uber.
To seek inner peace and meaning of life, he even started to practice diving, a symbolic sport that he was never able to make the jumping step. Near to the quarantine end, Zhang decided to file a divorce with him which he has been try to avoid the conversation.
Desperately, he dove into the water once and once more and hope this could became the trigger to re-callibrate his life back to norm.

  • Yixin Li
    Director
    Yixin Li, Film Free-lancer, Professional Director Received directing related education from Film-making and Media school of Taipei National University of the Arts; and, was profoundly impacted by the old-generation of Taiwan film-makers. Directing Portfolio: 2022: Tencent Silver-hair supporter project story film [ Did Grandma got lied to?!] 2021: Tencent Penguin First-aid app [Short Documentary "Inaudible Mother"] 2021: Soul App Creative film [ Good-will Diary] 2021: iXigua series documentary [Answer] (Leading Director] 2021 Youku Variety [Mr’s Friend Zone] (Leading Director) 2020 Tik Tok Documentary [ Look at me·the Hero of Life] (Leading Director)
  • Yixin Li
    Writer
  • Yixin Li
    Producer
  • Cong Lu
    Key Cast
  • Jue Wang
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    生活多美丽
  • Project Type:
    Feature, Short
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 20, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    4K，S35，ARRI MINI
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Yixin Li

Yixin Li, Film Free-lancer, Professional Director
Received directing related education from Film-making and Media school of Taipei National University of the Arts; and, was profoundly impacted by the old-generation of Taiwan film-makers.
Directing Portfolio:
2022: Tencent Silver-hair supporter project story film [ Did Grandma got lied to?!]
2021: Tencent Penguin First-aid app [Short Documentary "Inaudible Mother"]
2021: Soul App Creative film [ Good-will Diary]
2021: iXigua series documentary [Answer] (Leading Director]
2021 Youku Variety [Mr’s Friend Zone] (Leading Director)
2020 Tik Tok Documentary [ Look at me·the Hero of Life] (Leading Director)

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Director Statement

One day during the pandemic, I was on a Uber home, and the driver I met was a newbie who just started his first day with the job. He mentioned that how he had to to force living under the constant stress of “death-seeking will” just awhile ago. The life of ordinary people can best reflect on the current state of the time-being. This script was created under the thought of grabbing a complex and enriched emotion from a normal Chinese man into a film. I would say this short film is more of a "Documentary" instead of a story. I simply follow the pace of time and faithfully recreate what happened with the respectful mind... People like the protagonist of the short film do exist everywhere in our society...
I am always a fan of works that are fulfilled with emotions of the ordinary people surrounding us. It is my great and ultimate honor to be a part of this project. As director Hou Hsiao-hsien said, "I always think that movies should be made like this: plain, simple, easy to watch. But those who seek deeper can see them deeply.