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Itching

Hongyu Jiang

Release year: 2024

Run time: 30 mins

Film type: Short fiction film

Synopsis

A pair of father and son living together, they both had the symptoms of "itching". In their daily life, the appearance of a mysterious man made the father and son start to test each other's more private boundaries, and the father accidentally discovered that the son had something to hide. One night, they inevitably touched the secrets hidden in the hearts of both parties.

 

Director biography

Born in Chengdu, Sichuan in 1996, and is a director, actor, and screenwriter. After graduating from junior high school, he started to study film. Since 2012, he has created and participated in more than ten short films. Now he has completed his first feature film "Have a Good Night", acting as the director, starring role, and screenwriter.

Director's statement

When making this film, I abandoned some of the intense methods in previous works and wanted to present the rhythm quietly and slowly, just like people recalling a long-term memory bit by bit, hazy and intoxicating. And I also acted as the protagonist myself, hoping to use my body energy to re-weave this dreamlike and unpredictable feeling. This short film is based on some personal real-life details, and it comes from the ambiguous and unspeakable emotions I had towards my father in the cultural context of this country when I was young.