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XI CHEN
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The father had once been a violent man; his domestic abuse drove two women out of his life, and afterward, he sank into alcoholism. One day, his son sustained a severe injury—so severe that the hospital offered little hope for recovery. Following this, the son decided to leave home behind. On his journey, he unexpectedly crossed paths with his father's former girlfriends. 

父はかつて暴力的な人だった。彼の家庭内暴力によって二人の女性は彼の元を去り、その後、父は酒に溺れていった。ある日、息子は重傷を負い、病院でさえ回復の見込みはほとんどない。この出来事を機に、息子は家を捨てて旅に出ることを決意する。旅の途中、彼は偶然にも父の昔の恋人たちに出会った。


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​Project Type:
Animation, Feature
Genres:
Romance, Comedy
Runtime:
86 minutes 43 seconds

No Dialogue
​Director: Xi Chen
Script: Xi Chen
Producer and Funding: Xi Chen
Production Designer: Xi Chen
Characters and Sets Designer: Xi Chen
Modeling: Xi Chen
​Editor: Xi Chen

Layout: Xi Chen
Camera, Lighting and Staging: Xi Chen
Animation: Xi Chen
Simulation: Xi Chen
Effects: Xi Chen
Sound Design: Xi Chen

Foley art and Recordings: Xi Chen
Rendering: Xi Chen
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Director Statement:

There is romance, there is comedy, and there is definitely something weird. But underneath, it is also a story about damage that travels through the world like an echo. The father’s violence is not shown to explain or excuse him. It is there as a WEIGHT. The women, the son, the objects, and—very, very importantly—even the spaces in the film are all dealing with the aftershocks of that weight. I was interested in how hurt moves from one thing to another—and how, in the middle of all that, people still somehow behave foolishly, hilariously, and tenderly alive.

そこにはロマンスも、コメディも、はっきりとした「変さ」もあります。でもその下には、「傷」が世界を反響しながら伝わっていく物語があります。父親の暴力は、彼を正当化するためでも、ドラマチックに消費するためでもなく、「重さ」として存在しています。父と関わった女たち、息子、モノたち、そして何より「空間」そのものが、その余波を抱えています。傷は、人から人へ、ものからものへ、かたちを変えて移っていく。そのただ中にいても、人はなぜか、愚かで、おかしくて、やさしく、生き続けてしまう。
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