- International Premiere
Spotlight
Hope
守望
Director: Wallace FENG (馮萬裡)
2020｜China｜21min｜Language: Mandarin｜Subtitles: English, Japanese
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 3/9 Tue | 16:10 | Cine Libre Umeda 4 |
| 3/12 Fri | 10:15 | Cine Libre Umeda 4 |
- Cast
- ZHAO Siyuan (趙思源)
LIU Haotian (劉浩天)
HU Dan (胡丹)
WANG Huan (王歡)
CHENG Zihan (程子涵) - Synopsis
One of the effects of Covid-19 is the exposure of just how fragile links between people, businesses, and communities become in every country around the world. People lose jobs, they are trapped because travel is restricted, and some are left isolated. This is the reality faced by Wang Yan (ZHAO Siyuan), a pedicurist whose boss wants to shut down the salon. She tries her best to keep it open but there are few customers. There is one persistent visitor, a young mute boy named Xiao Tao (LIU Haotian) who seems to have been left to his own devices. Some view him as an irritant as he hangs around the salon watching the people inside but his presence may provide a solution to the lack of customers...
Director Wallace FENG depicts our present reality of fragmenting ties in his film, a story set in a town where everything has been affected by the pandemic, but he also offers some hope in showing how bonds can be formed and solidarity with others can lift up people and even save lives.
[Jason MAHER]
Director Wallace FENG (馮萬裡)