Ballad of the Warm Grave

Junsen ZHOU, Kun DAI • 2025

Over the span of a decade, the director, as a family member, records the mental odyssey of his sister after she was trafficked, confronts the person who bought her directly, probes into the secrets of his AIDS-stricken father, and listens to his mother's unspoken laments. In his eyes, this remaining, clan-style family gathers and parts, and as death looms near, they sing heartily.