Waiting for money

Name: Waiting for money
Duration: 29 min 25 s

LV Dongting • 2024

上映時間: 00:29:25

言語: Mandarin, Shanghai dialect

字幕: Chinese, English

国・地域: Mainland China

Two contrasting middle-aged men wander by Shanghai's bridges. One, suited, films shorts to find a wealthy woman for class leapfrog. The other, disheveled and work-averse, expects lifelong fan support. Under the impact of the live streaming economy, the absurdities of the lower strata of this era are gradually unveiled......

Non-Fiction Anthropology Film

Shanghai Homeless Wandering

受賞・映画祭

Jury’s Honorable Mention

Sea Film Festival and Forum

China

2024

MUST Chinese Youth Film Festival & Golden Rooster Festival

China

2024

Hishorts! Film Week

China

2024

China Documentary Academy Awards

China

2024

Beijing Student Film Festival

China

2025

30°N Parallel Film Week

China

2025

Best Documentary Award

China-Europe Youth Film Festival

China

2025

Best Documentary Short Award

See·New Power Beijing Film Short Week

China

2025

キャスト・スタッフ

LV Dongting

監督

監督ステートメント

LV Dongting

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While browsing Douyin, I stumbled upon a video about “Brother Wang,” revealing marginalized groups thriving beneath the metropolis’s glamour. Their identities epitomize our era: empowered by livestreaming and influencer economies, traditional “unemployed drifters” have transformed into “digital-age nomads.” These individuals chase the illusion of boarding the era’s express train, viewing online visibility as a shortcut to upward mobility.