94’ | In Putonghua with Chinese & English Subtitles 普通話對白，中英文字幕
Synopsis 故事大綱
Before her PhD, Zhang Xin was ambitious. Now, nearing graduation, she grapples with family pressures: her child’s alternative education prevents her from taking a university teaching post in the city, her husband’s demands, and her own unmet aspirations. Without spousal support, she bears her mother’s loss alone. She refuses to give up on herself or collapse under daily childcare burdens. Unsure where blame lies, she’s left wrestling with anxiety and self-recovery.
章昕讀博士學位前雄心勃勃，現在卻煩惱於家庭內的各種關係。畢業在即，還要處理孩子教育、丈夫要求、自我實現——母職與我執糾纏不休。她為了讓孩子接受自然教育無法回城市大學任教，也不甘心放棄自己，沒有丈夫支持，獨自承受喪母之痛，又不能在帶孩子的日常中崩潰，她不知道這一切是誰的錯，只是徒留自己的焦慮與自癒。
Director’s Statement 導演闡述
This experiment blurs reality and fiction, creating a mutual gaze of display and observation. It transcends traditional cinema, becoming a war of art against spiritual death. The plight of middle-aged women: is it Social Darwinist “lack of effort” or structural gender inequality? By dissolving boundaries within and beyond the text, the director surpasses the desire to narrate, evolving the film into a female force of revelation and self-salvation.
這部電影是一場實驗，它模糊了真實與虛構的邊界，成為一種展示與觀看的雙重凝視，或者說，它已經不是傳統的電影，而是藝術抵抗心靈死去的戰爭。中年女性的困境到底是社會達爾文式的個體不努力，還是社會結構性的性別文化不平等？導演希望通過取消文本內外的邊界，超越講述的欲望，把電影進化為揭示和自救的女性力量。
Director 導演
Zhang Xin 張歆
M.A., China Film Archive.
Ph.D. in Directing, Beijing Film Academy
Screenwriter: Letter to Mom (Jinli Advertisement, 2016)
Script Consultant: One Night in Beijing (2019)
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Art Supervisor / Casting Director: Hollowed Out (2024)
中國電影藝術研究中心碩士
北京電影學院導演系博士
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