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The lonely city

This is a story about searching, where a wife searches for her husband, a security guard searches for her hometown, and a son searches for his father. In this bizarre era, what we are looking for may not be a specific person, but our exact identity, who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. We hope to bring out the significant events of China's historical changes in recent decades in the story, and also present the current survival status of every individual in the era of networking. Three groups of passengers make up three generations: the elderly, middle-aged, and young. The 70s, 80s, and 00s are ordinary people who reflect the big times. Each person is imprinted with the memories of the times, such as the wave of layoffs, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, and family planning, which are faintly visible behind the story. So, on the journey and tracing along the river, I searched for themes about life.

  • zhi dan gao
    Director
  • zhi dan gao
    Writer
  • jing shen
    Writer
  • jing shen
    Producer
  • meng yao liu
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 31 minutes 19 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 29, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    digital arri,ect
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - zhi dan gao

Gao Zhidan graduated from the School of Film and Television Arts at Communication University of China and the Department of Literature at Beijing Film Academy. Director's works: "Take Me Home", "The Sound of Monsoon and Ocean", "On the Jialing River" Screenwriting works: "Young Alang", "Fan Ya", "On the Jialing River", "Take Me Home", "The Sound of Monsoon and Ocean".

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