Di jiu tian chang
So Long, My SonIn this family saga spanning three decades of Chinese history, the private and the political merge and the individual gets caught up in the gears of a society in the throes of constant change. Part melodrama, part critique of the times, this film takes us from the country’s upheaval in the 1980s following the Cultural Revolution to the prospering turbo-capitalism of the present day. Told in sweeping tableaux, it makes visible the deep scars that lie beneath the surface of an ostensibly unbroken success story.
With
- Wang Jingchun (Liu Yaojun)
- Yong Mei (Wang Liyun)
- Qi Xi (Shen Moli)
- Wang Yuan (Liu Xing)
- Du Jiang (Shen Hao)
- Ai Liya (Li Haiyan)
- Xu Cheng (Shen Yingming)
- Li Jingjing (Gao Meiyu)
- Zhao Yanguozhang (Zhang Xinjian)
Crew
Director | Wang Xiaoshuai |
Screenplay | A Mei, Wang Xiaoshuai |
Cinematography | Kim Hyun-seok |
Editing | Lee Chatametikool |
Music | Dong Yingda |
Sound Design | Fu Kang |
Sound | Qi Siming |
Production Design | Lv Dong |
Costumes | Pang Yan |
Make-Up | Zhang Peng |
Assistant Director | Luo Dong |
Casting | Feng Lei |
Production Manager | Wang Lijun |
Producers | Liu Xuan, Wang Xiaoshuai, Yang Wei, Wang Hai, Han Jianv |
Co-Producers | Doris Guan, Wang Bing, Huang Shaohua |
World Sales
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Produced by
Dongchung Films
Hehe Pictures
FunShow Culture Communication Beijing
ZhengFu Pictures
DU Jiang (Actor), AI Liya (Actress), WANG Yuan (Actor), YONG Mei (Actress), WANG Xiaoshuai (Director, Screenwriter, Producer), WANG Jingchun (Actor), QI Xi (Actress), ZHAO Yanguozhang (Actor), LIU Xuan (Producer), Moderation: Anatol Weber
Di jiu tian chang | So Long, My Son
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 14, 2019
Di jiu tian chang | So Long, My Son
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 14, 2019
Wang Xiaoshuai
The director is recognised as a pioneer of independent filmmaking in China. Over the last 30 years, he has made 15 films, all of which demonstrate a strong social conscience. His directorial debut, The Days, screened in the Forum in 1994 and was subsequently added to the MoMA collection in New York. His films have already featured in the Berlinale Competition three times: Beijing Bicycle won the Grand Jury Prize in 2001; In Love We Trust received the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay in 2008; and So Long, My Son won two Silver Bears, for Best Actor and Best Actress, in 2019. In 2010, the French Ministry of Culture awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Filmography
1993 Dongchun di rizi (The Days) 1995 Ji du han leng (Frozen) 1999 Bian dan gu niang (So Close to Paradise) 2000 Meng huan tian yuan (Suburban Dreams) 2001 Shi qi sui de dan che (Beijing Bicycle) 2003 Er di (Drifters) 2005 Qing hong (Shanghai Dreams) 2008 Zuo you (In Love We Trust) 2010 Ri zhao chong qing (Chongqing Blues) 2011 Wo 11 (11 Flowers) 2014 Chuang ru zhe (Red Amnesia) 2018 Wo de jing tou (Chinese Portrait); Documentary 2019 Di jiu tian chang (So Long, My Son) 2022 Lv Guan (The Hotel) 2024 Wo Tu (Above the Dust)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2024