Uncle
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Release Year:
2017
Publish Date: 25 June 2021 00:00:00 UTC
Story:
Li is over 70 years old, he sits in front of his window in the afternoon every day and smokes the cigarette to pass the time. The sound of water drops in the kitchen, two pigeons are roosting on roof of the opposite building, and the sunshine comes into the room, which make Li feel alive. His emotions usually could be fluctuated with the plot of the TV programmes, because he even could find out his own fitful memories from it. However, all of this is the undercurrent of silence to him. The burnning cigarette is the only thing to recall his memories. A family photo on the wall is the only thing to highlight the rise and fall of his life. The wall clock’s ticking is the only thing to take care his living. Li is struggling with loneliness! This struggle is not only physical, but also the psychological. The leg which was injured in his youth has begun pained during this time, which makes him feel restless. He has to suffer from pain for seeing the doctor, buying food, and simply taking care of himself. His own life is also a reflection of society. The humble community clinic is the contradictory unity of science and religion. The child is not afraid of pain from the injection but Li was frightened of, which express the psychological return from seniors to children. Visiting his 90 years old mother is the only cheerful thing to him, because he has more common topic and miserable memories with her, and he told his brother that he saw many senior people in the park gossiped national leaders. He and mother talked about his father, and they both recalled the period of fleeing. His mother told him the Red Army and ‘black’ army all were the Eight Route army, and they also bullied civilians. However, Li did not know how to accept what mother told him. In his rental place, the only thing can make the sound is his cellphone which rarely rings. Bargaining the grocery market, and friends matchmake him with other women, which make him recall memories about his family. Another New Year festival is coming. In a patronise regularly barber shop, he is talking with a barber who has the similar age. Li gets a haircut at night, but the barber son’s return makes Li feel lonely again. The sound of firecrackers is all around in the New Year's eve. There were two concepts of family reunion in his mind. One was is the whole family, another one also is the whole family. During worshipping of the ancestors, he listened to his mother's arrangements and felt sincere concern from his brother. However, happy time was so short. After he returned to his rental place, the only thing that he can do is to look at the dream which was outlined in the New Year's Gala, and which gradually away from his dream. Everything just was the same as the past in this new year, he was still feel so lonely.
Li is over 70 years old, he sits in front of his window in the afternoon every day and smokes the cigarette to pass the time. The sound of water drops in the kitchen, two pigeons are roosting on roof of the opposite building, and the sunshine comes into the room, which make Li feel alive. His emotions usually could be fluctuated with the plot of the TV programmes, because he even could find out his own fitful memories from it. However, all of this is the undercurrent of silence to him. The burnning cigarette is the only thing to recall his memories. A family photo on the wall is the only thing to highlight the rise and fall of his life. The wall clock’s ticking is the only thing to take care his living. Li is struggling with loneliness! This struggle is not only physical, but also the psychological. The leg which was injured in his youth has begun pained during this time, which makes him feel restless. He has to suffer from pain for seeing the doctor, buying food, and simply taking care of himself. His own life is also a reflection of society. The humble community clinic is the contradictory unity of science and religion. The child is not afraid of pain from the injection but Li was frightened of, which express the psychological return from seniors to children. Visiting his 90 years old mother is the only cheerful thing to him, because he has more common topic and miserable memories with her, and he told his brother that he saw many senior people in the park gossiped national leaders. He and mother talked about his father, and they both recalled the period of fleeing. His mother told him the Red Army and ‘black’ army all were the Eight Route army, and they also bullied civilians. However, Li did not know how to accept what mother told him. In his rental place, the only thing can make the sound is his cellphone which rarely rings. Bargaining the grocery market, and friends matchmake him with other women, which make him recall memories about his family. Another New Year festival is coming. In a patronise regularly barber shop, he is talking with a barber who has the similar age. Li gets a haircut at night, but the barber son’s return makes Li feel lonely again. The sound of firecrackers is all around in the New Year's eve. There were two concepts of family reunion in his mind. One was is the whole family, another one also is the whole family. During worshipping of the ancestors, he listened to his mother's arrangements and felt sincere concern from his brother. However, happy time was so short. After he returned to his rental place, the only thing that he can do is to look at the dream which was outlined in the New Year's Gala, and which gradually away from his dream. Everything just was the same as the past in this new year, he was still feel so lonely.
Casts & Crews:
Liu Ze
Directors
Runtime:
119
minutes
Director‘s Statement:
The initial reason of shooting this film, ‘Uncle’, is that I heard a story from an elder man who told me about his whole life. He told me about his miserable childhood, the first-time falling in love, a tragic marriage, his ungrateful children, family fleeing, cultural-revolution conflicts, the changing of planned economy, and his career. I paid more attentions on his talking and behaviours, and I eventually interweave his current status of life with oral memories in order to write an age story with his understanding of life and complex experiences. I have never been so close to observe a person like this time, because his plain life shocked me.
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Liu Ze
Director
