89’ | In Putonghua with Chinese & English Subtitles 普通話對白，中英文字幕
Synopsis 故事大綱
Lin Lihua, in her fifties, took in Wu Ming, a wandering young man, out of sympathy. As these two lonely souls grew close, new impulses drove them away. Using the excuse of going to Beijing to throw away her daughter-in-law’s cat, Lin fled with Wu Ming. They didn’t find the cat but discovered her son Sun Mian’s struggles with his job and marriage. Sun, unemployed, pretended to work daily, while his wife Zhou Xi sought therapy. The cat’s disappearance triggered conflict between the couple. To help her son, Lin Lihua took Wu Ming’s absurd idea and intervened in their marriage.
五十多歲的林麗華出於同情，收留了流浪的青年吳明。在兩個孤獨的靈魂逐漸靠近的同時，新的衝動又將他們推離。林麗華以帶媳婦的貓去北京丟掉為藉口，與吳明一起逃離。他們沒能找到貓，卻發現了自己的兒子孫冕在工作和婚姻中的掙扎。失業的孫冕每天假裝上班，而他的妻子周西則在尋求心理治療。貓的失蹤引發了夫妻之間的矛盾。為了幫助兒子，林麗華採納了吳明荒誕的想法，介入了他們的婚姻。
Director’s Statement 導演闡述
The film adopts a fragmented narrative, centering each scene on key moments to explore the absurdity and despair of modern, logical life. A mother, accompanied by her late husband’s shadow, visits her unemployed, emotionally distant son in Beijing. His wife loses her cat and reconnects with old friends. Each character struggles in disarray, seeking a temporary sense of place. The film delves into suppressed emotions, fleeting release, and the breakdown of modern family ties, as the presence and absence of the father and cat leave everyone adrift. In the end, the mother returns home, the shadow fades, urging change over stagnation.
影片以塊狀結構呈現現代生活的苦悶與荒謬。母親帶著亡夫影子赴北京探望失業疏離的兒子，兒媳貓丟了與老友重聚。每個人都在失序中尋找暫時的位置，情緒壓抑與短暫釋放交錯，家庭關係破碎，父親與貓的在與不在讓人無所適從。最終母親返鄉，影子消散，面對家庭失序，鼓勵走出停滯，擁抱變化。
Director 導演
Wu Weifeng 吳蔚峰
He wrote and directed his debut Drop Your Cat, which won the Hainan Choice Award (first prize) at the Hainan Island International Film Festival’s H!Action section. It was also selected for the Pingyao International Film Festival WIP Lab, 2022 Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum HAF WIP Lab, and 2023 Zhejiang Youth Film Festival WIP Lab. He is also a poet and writer, and was the chief editor of Pocket Music magazine and planner of OUT magazine. In 2017, he served as a preliminary judge for the 11th FIRST Youth Film Festival. His shorts include A Murmur of the Wind and the Mountain (2015) and Is It Not Xiao Zhang (2017).
自編自導處女作《扔你的貓》，獲2020年海南島國際電影節創投會海南選擇大獎（頭等獎），入圍平遙國際電影展發展中電影計劃、香港亞洲電影投資會HAF製作中項目及青年電影周 (浙江) 創投專案。青年詩人、小說作者、導演、編劇，曾任《口袋音樂》主編、《OUT》雜誌策劃，並擔任11屆FIRST青年影展競賽單元初審評委。導演短片《山是潛入帷幕的風》、《理查·派克》，短篇小說包括《布魯斯·李又名李小龍》、《神聖傑克要玩耍》及《片場》系列。