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The Girl - Han Deng The Chef - Junqiong Zou The Twelve Men: Haoyang Liu, Lu Cheng, Qingyong Yang, Hui Zhang, Shengli Liu, Wei Che, Nanmeng Ma, Li He, Yiyu Zhao, Xiaoqiang Sun, Jiasen Cai, Zhenyu Yang CREW Director, Writer & Producer: Jason Zheng Director of Photography & Colorist: Heather Chen Production Designer & Special Effect Make-up: Lawson Ling Music Composer: Summer Shen Sound Designer & Mixer: Melanie Wentz Gaffer: Boran Zhang Key Grip: Hecheng Xu Assistant Director: Vincent Wen 1st Assistant Camera: Davis Chen 2nd Assistnat Camera: Wei Li Script Supervisor: Haley Xu Best Boy Grip: Xin Zhao Voice Over: Yi Hao Foley: Ivan Gao, Joyce Zhao Assistant Producer: Victor Yu Poster Designer: Isabella Tan Line Producer: Haoyue Shuai Production Assistant: Lillian Liao |
trailerdirector statement I came to the United States from China when I was thirteen. I started my sophomore year in an American Christian high school, and I am not a Christian. The school accepted me and said that as long as you were willing to learn more about Christianity, you were welcome to the school. The school was located in a small town in suburb Chicago, and it was apparent that a Christian bubble was built in the town. I learned a lot about different religions through those three years. However, life changed after I came to New York City, “the melting pot” according to the popular saying. Every street, every restaurant here seemed to be completely different from the shelter I was used to, and the best thing the city has taught me was to be as experimental as you want - you are an artist.
I grew up in a small town in Sichuan, China, and I have gained a lot of expectations from my family as well as the people around me. I went to elementary school when I was only four, started college at sixteen and will graduate from college when I am nineteen. People called me “a genius,” and said to me, “you will be the next Ang Lee”. I appreciated all these positive comments, but I gradually realized that they ignored the fact that I am the same as everyone else: I have flaws, I am sinful, I have pain… People envision me to be “a cute smart Asian boy” all my life, but I want to be bad, want to be slutty, and want to break the rules. These are the sides of me that they do not see, and do not expect. But what can I do? This film means significantly to me because it gives me a chance to explore the conflict we have between our social image and what is really inside of us. At the end of the film when the manikin is floating on the water, it represents our everlasting image: someday it may float away that gets forgotten by the society, but it will never be drown even if the body is at the bottom of the sea. |