Encountering Sorrow
Liu Dedong
Release year: 2015
Run time: 108 mins
Film type: Documentary
Synopsis
In a town submerged by water, a teenage boy threw himself into the water. His soul is still adrift and unsettled 30 years later. The film goes through desires and confusions of a man trying to communicate with his soul. It expresses the psychological conflict and separation of personality in his efforts to communicate. It is a kind of self-exploration and questioning, and a kind of introspection after the loss of the self.