Goners

Filmmaker's note

I think movies are an indispensable part of people's life. Now the film has a history of hundreds of years, whether it is the form or the content of the film has undergone earth-shaking changes. But what remains constant is that movies always revolve around people, and so does art. I think good movies will move the audience, they can capture the most subtle emotions between human beings. Human nature such as beauty, kindness, sincerity, selfishness, pride and capriciousness will be slowly presented from the plot stacking step by step. But the film should show the relationship between social environment and people. Because all of this is probably the whole environment that makes human beings so diverse, and the environment is partly composed of people and people, which is the most interesting point of the movie.

In this film I want to show three men in different situations. The story takes place in China in the '10s. The cement pipe plant is facing closure because it does not meet production standards. The three protagonists have to deal with this wave of layoffs. A man once killed his wife because of drinking and cycling, and his son has long been disconnected from himself. A man being asked for money by his incompetent son. A man says goodbye to a woman he still loves and wants.
Their life is just like Su Shi's poem said: "To what can we liken human life? Perhaps to a wild swan's footprints on mud or snow."

I hope that the short film or script can present different relationships, emotions and cultures, so as to complete a work that touches people.