Zheng is a lonely Chinese young man, who works in Italy since he was a child. Even he has succeeded to stop from working in factories and consolidate his position he doesn’t feel fulfilled. In conflict with the working rigour and the desire to enter into contact with his peers, Zheng is going to be called to take a decision. Year of production 2020 Length 24min Country Italy Shooting Format Digital 2k Aspect Ratio 16:9 DialogueMandarin Director Giacomo Sebastiani Producer Alejandro de la Fuente Production Atacama film, Malfè film, Ouvert Writer Giacomo Sebastiani Cinematographer Giorgio Giannoccaro Editor Enrico Giovannone Sound Matteo Valeri, Giovanni Corona Color Correction Fabrizio Conti Cast Zheng Naiqiao, Xu Chuantao, Bian Minhao, Wang Juan, Chen Yurong
Festival selections Un festival c'est trop court - European short film festival of Nice 2020, France - World Premiere Ningbo Short Film Festival 2020, China Izmir International Short Film Festival 2020, Turkey Lublin Film Festival 2020, Poland Rome Independent Film Festival - RIFF Awards 2020, Italy - Best Italian Short Award Tampere Film Festival 2021, Finland Glocal Film Festival2021, Italy - Best Actor Award Corto Dorico Film Festival 2021, italy - Nie Wiem Award, Cgs Acec Sentieri di Cinema Award Director's Statement This film is centered on the growth path of a character left on the margins of his community. Zheng, young Chinese man, has left soon his studies and has worked since he was a kid. Now that he has grown up, he manages the workers on behalf of his boss. If something goes wrong he can end up back to the factory. For this reason he has learned to be tough with the others, everything has to work smoothly. Zheng has not lived his youth. He realizes it when he goes out by night and sees the young people having fun. He doesn’t have even a friend with whom to share those moments. This situation is unbearable for him. His duties isolate him from his own community. He struggles between his tough image imposed by work and his urgent need of human contact. One excludes the other. Soon or later will come the moment to take a decision
