Abstract
The film depicts sidely the social events from 1950s to the end of the twentieth century based on the two characters' story, let us look into the youth relics of the last generations. Starting from observing the aging problem of China, the director excavate the two characters based on the story of looking for bailment, trying to achieve the goal of touching audience's inside with universal emotions -- love. Cheng ZhengMing and Wang Lele, the retired empty nesters in Shanghai, met at the elderly university, soon became good friends because of their common traits and interest, most importantly, the same difficulty they have been encountering for many years- failure in VISA application. Wang Lele always wants to take a visit to her son who immigrated to Canada long time ago. Cheng ZhengMing always wants to visit his special friend Mr Konno since teenage hood. Mr Konno is 93 years old and worried that two would never meet again. The failure of getting VISA become the biggest worry in the hearts of Sheng and Wang, and getting more and more intense as time goes by. Not only their dreams are being consumed, but also they lost control of the body gradually due to the age. But they still stay hopeful and have full respect for life, flowing in their blood.—Sze Sze Ip
| Translated title of the contribution | Habitat |
|---|---|
| Original language | Chinese |
| Publisher | CNEX |
| Media of output | Film |
| Size | 86 minute |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Jun 2023 |
| Event | 25th Shanghai International Film Festival - Shanghai, China Duration: 10 Jun 2023 → 19 Jun 2023 https://www.siff.com/ |