West Coast Premiere!
Directed by Joan Chen
Christmas Eve. A party draws to a close at a restaurant. As the happy celebrants depart, the woman who stays behind sees a male foreigner sitting alone at a table. He is spending Christmas Eve alone. From this brief encounter, Joan Chen spins a delicate tale of remembrance and of love that springs from loss, evoking a dreamlike palimpsest of her beloved hometown of Shanghai. Memories spark of romance kindled amidst the specter of SARS, and a Jewish past whispered by a forgotten stash of photos in an empty house. With this internet “micro-movie,” Joan Chen returns to directing for the first time in 12 years. Cinematographer Florian J.E. Zinke supplies the gossamer images to editors Ruby Yang and Mary Stephen’s pulsing lyricism.
– Cheng-Sim Lim
Producer: Alexi Tan. Screenwriter: Joan Chen. Cinematographer: Florian J.E. Zinke. Editor: Mary Stephen, Ruby Yang. Cast: Jiang Yiyan, Teo Yoo, Wang Yong, Arran Hawkins, Zhang Haoxing.
HDCAM, color, Putonghua and English w/ English s/t, 24 min.
