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Original Film Title: A Distant Flame
Director’s Name: Sihui Shao
Writer’s Name: Sihui Shao
Producer: Jiajing Zhu
Country of Origin: China
Country of Filming : China
Language: Chinese
Runtime: 23 minutes
Film Description:
A Distant Flame” resembles the endless nostalgic summer I spent back in my hometown Fuxin, a small city in northern China. Growing up, I am always confused about my emotion towards my hometown. To explore these persistent feelings, I chose to make this film back there in Fuxin. This documentary/mockumentary is constructed in three parts: daily life of my grandma who is slowly losing her memories; a friend from Shanghai, who has never been to Fuxin but is cast as a character born in Fuxin; and the monkeys in the only zoo in Fuxin. They compose my complex feelings towards my hometown, which continually sting and tingle, where I see everything as 隔岸观火(A Distant Flame).