In this film which evokes a profound resonance in the audience on urban life and women’s issues in contemporary Japanese cinema, the rising female director Zhang Yu presents her acute insight into the relationship between society and the individual through concise and precise cinematic language.
In everyday details, she embodies intangible stress and indifference, making the audience truly feel the immense tension between a female’s internal breakdown and external composure.
For Sumire, every male who appears in her life can be a potential threat. Her silence and endurance are as fragile as a candle flickering in the wind, yet as resilient as a star against the dark. When order collapses and meaning vanishes, can humanity repair those relationships that were once cherished? (Written by Jiaxin Zhao & Xiyun Li; Translation by Yingjie Wang, MINT CFF)
This screening is part of Mint on Tour, a women-led Chinese cinema touring programme presented by the MINT Chinese Film Festival and supported by Film Hub North, bringing the best of Chinese film and women’s cinema from Asia across Northern England this Autumn.
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