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The Sound Of Silence

Wang Yang

Release year: 2009

Run time: 105 mina

Film type: Documentary

Synopsis

There is only the sound of the dry wind on the moor, waiting for the protagonist to visit again after seven years . This is the place where childhood memories of a wonderful natural paradise, the place where the first date was made and the name was carved in stone. Today, things have changed and time is as silent as the sea. All it possesses here is the sound of the wind, and after facing the sadness of the past and the future, the young people doze off tiredly after their frolics. Meanwhile, several other young people pass through the last anxious periods of their youth.

 

Director biography

Wang Yang, was born in Xi’an, China, and has an undergraduate degree in law. Since 2007, he has directed and produced four documentary films. Now he is an independent documentary director dedicated to documentary filmmaking. 2003:Founded Xianhu Culture, a website dedicating to the study of films, culture and history 2004: Participated in the filming of Wind Breeze Summer. Responsible for directing and the screenplay 2006: Participated in the HD film Sparrow 2007: Created Youth Film, a magazine dedicated to the new wave of Chinese cinema 2007: Founded Horizon Youth Film Studio 2007: Produced the documentary film Transition-Space which participated in various film festivals, including the Pingyao DV Film Festival 2007: Created Harvest Filmmaking Studio, which is dedicated to documenting the pain of contemporary Chinese society 2007: Curated “Exhibition of Films of Young Chinese Directors”. Produced the documentary films People of the New World and Young Screenplays: Ocean of Cui’s, East West, Earthquake Films: Experimental short film Going Home (16 mins) Documentary film On Your Mark (47 mins) Documentary film The Sound of Silence (146 mins) Documentary film Transition-Space (103 mins)