Private Project

To Araby

On the eve of her 18th birthday, Yang Yongsi was secretly planing to run away from home. At this time of approaching adulthood, she gradually found that everyone was trapped in the dark water, looking forward to an unreachable escape.

  • Meiyo Tan
    Director
  • Meiyo Tan
    Writer
  • YiCheng Gu
    Producer
  • WenWen Chang
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    水莽草
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    26 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 5, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Shanghai University
Director Biography - Meiyo Tan

Meiyo Tan, director, born in Nanning, Guangxi, graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication of Shanghai University, majoring in Television Broadcasting, and is currently a senior.

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Director Statement

This is a story about "adolescence dilemma". At the time of approaching adulthood, we need to have the courage to smash a world, and the courage to fight against nothingness before the reconstruction of a new world. Our story was born in these fragments. The plight of adolescence requires you to realize that you are a person who has eaten hydrilla by mistake, waiting for the next replacement alone, because you are unable to face the rapid decay and waste of the world, so you flee the world to create a new world, but the goldfish escaped from the broken fish tank, You can never swim to its paradise. When the world without taboos opens to you, you will find that there are red lights behind the end of the road, and there are still barriers outside the world.