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ARCHIVE

25th(2023)



Fly Me to the Sea

Rox Kexin LI

  • China
  • 2023
  • International Premiere
  • 28min
  • DCP
  • color

International Premiere

SYNOPSIS

Growing up by the sea, a boat-dweller girl can breathe underwater and deep dive with gills in her body. Under the current wave of ¡°going ashore¡± in China, she left the sea to work in a local garment factory in Lotus Hill. How will she handle life on the land? 

PROGRAM NOTE

Hao, a girl who lives with her family in a boathouse on the coast, is a low-income worker in a sewing factory. Her family dreams of earning money and getting a small apartment on the mainland. Hao dedicates her life to her family, hoping her younger brother will graduate from college and become a white-collar worker. One day, during an interview for a part-time job at a mermaid show at an old aquarium, Hao demonstrates the ability to hold her breath underwater for an amazingly long period. Gradually, in the water, she feels a strong will to live. A semi-mythical Proletariat fantasy film that weaves the imagination of anthropology and genetics into the labor and housing problems of people experiencing poverty in Hong Kong. [SONG Hyojoung]

Director

  • Rox Kexin LIRox Kexin LI

    Rox Kexin Li graduated from University of the Arts London-London College of Communication. Her works have been shortlisted and screened at several international film festivals. She is good at telling the story of ordinary women's growth with a delicate female perspective.

     

Credit

  • ProducerRox Kexin LI
  • Cast ZHONG Yunxi, LAO Zhibin 
  • Screenwriter WONG Tim, Rox Kexin LI
  • Cinematography XU Kuncai 
  • Editor WONG Tim 
  • Sound TAN Wenmiao