Synopsis: In Pujiao Village, Jinping County, on the Sino-Vietnamese border in Yunnan Province, there is a Yao village called Lengpo. The stockade used to be rampant with drugs, and there was a half-insanity half-awake old man here. He watched greed, anger, delusion, slow suspicion, sometimes unruly, sometimes calm. He laughed and was sleepy… In this film, the protagonist Pan Xiaogui, the old man, went out five times and lay down twice. The first time he went out to the eldest daughter’s house, he was laughed at by the eldest daughter and deserved to be followed by others; The second time I went out to work in the fields and played with the children; the third time I went out to participate in the training program, I was told by the villagers to be obedient and not go crazy; the fourth time I went out to catch up with the neighbors to kill pigs, I was asked to eat vegetables and not drink alcohol; the fifth time I went out to my younger son’s house Organized housekeeping was laughed at by passers-by and called the old handsome guy. The first time I lay down and smoked, my wife laughed at me for being rude; the second time I lay down at my eldest son’s house to welcome the New Year, everything was calm. The wheel of the times drags people of every age forward, young people, old people, children… Hometown, home and memories, melancholy and joy, interweave the village evolution concerto, but it was composed by a mad old man.
Submitter Statement: I hope that more forces will pay attention to the children on the border between China and Vietnam. They are marginalized and disadvantaged groups. To pay attention to them is to pay attention to the future.
Director: Hu Xiao
Writer: Hu Xiao
Producer: Hu Xiao
Key Cast: Gui Xiao Pan
Country of Origin: China
Country of Filming: China
Language: Chinese
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Runtime: 00:29:05
Project Website: https://space.bilibili.com/285902042
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Rebecca Sills
