Presented in the 1st Asian side of the Doc ( Sunny side of the doc - Leading market for International Documentaries )
during Hong kong FilmMart in March 2010.
REUNION
Directed by : Changfu Zhang
Produced by : Golden tiger pictures
Synopsis
This film is about the Reunion journey emerging from unexpected changes in current China mainland, in which a couple of teacher and student experiencing twenty years of separation, they struggle to regain the lost Innocence originated in the period 1980’s.
In the fall of 2008, just after Beijing Olympic, Wenjing, a female English teacher in a state university based in China South-Eastern, She encounters a call overseas at the moment of staying at her home. Prior to this call without border, Wenjing’s publishable essays featured continuity are Googled through web pages by the primary student in her teaching career, who is living abroad and being cultivated in her blossoming time. During the call they are both thinking of the past sharing salad days of junior school in a traditional country town by Sino Grand canal, which make them close to each other even with their being away from for long time.
The student is amazed that Wenjing’s voice sounds as well as which of her naive age while she is still educating Chinese boys and girls English as an official lecturer conferred Master’s Degree. In spite of many transforming things of their life and the nation, Wenjing’s first day of showing herself with fashionable dresses of 1980‘s also impresses the student who travels lots of countries.
With the so called “ High speed Development “ in China mainland after Tiananmen Tragedy in 1989, they move to be away from each other further and further due to distinct life of their own. When current mainstream social values of ” Money / Sex / Power “ emerge from concerns of 1980’s, the future of this country seems to be uncertain. While the sense of Simple but Rich belonging to the past Era is still what they look forward to feel, even with the unexpected Reality of modern days.
The lotus pool park, one of famous attractions in Wenjing’s living city, locates in outskirts of the University she works for, she often rides her mini mobile cycle to school through the park. The photo of lotus pool shot by Wenjing is sent to the overseas student and it initiates their aspiring Reunion they are both longing for.
“ I’M GOING TO... ... , WE WILL... ..., etc “, these patterns of sentences are what Wenjing frequently says in English lessons when the student follows her to learn basic English daily in their home town. As an excellent schoolboy, he almost wins highest scores of most tests she oversees. Although Wenjing is a native of the ancient town, many boys consider her modern and some young male teachers feel a yearning for her.
As a fresh girl just graduated from education college, Wenjing teaches the student English for 18 months.
At the end of 1980’s, Wenjing offers the student a small bottle of glue,
when they are about to depart for other journeys of each.
Since then, No word of each other until the student calls her in 2008.
Treatment
The Death of Michael Jackson reminds people of the Falling but Fine 1980’s when I am growing up in a country town by Sino Grand Canal. Although that time is not so wealthy as today, its prevailing Mood makes most people ( regardless of age ) Feel. Against the belief of present days, the sense of Simple but Rich is not only Unforgettable but also Expensive !
My mother country has experienced “ Most Rapid Economic Development of the world “ with “ Highest Cost “ for more than 10 years, Unfortunately, a lot of invisible invaluable essential things are got lost from so called “ Thriving “. Someone thinks that main Chinese People are Historical, NOT Spiritual, and the future of the nation comes to be Uncertain. So the Passing 1980’s is significant for us to sharpen the vision of core value. This Documentary proposes to emerge from the unexpected social changes of current China and aspires to discover the missing innocence in the journey of Reunion of a teacher and her earliest student. My intention is that the Reunion with Wenjing is also reunited with the time of 1980’s.
Wants
Co - Production. Fundraising, Pre-Sale
