2022 | United States | Documentary,Experimental,Short

That day, on the river

  • Chinese English 40 mins
  • Director | Lei Lei
  • Writer | Lei Lei
  • Producer | Lei Lei

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In 2016, my father and I went back to the small town where he lived as a child, and we talked about things he wasn't good at.

A small city in southern China with distant mountains, highways, construction sites, and gazebos for passers-by to rest.
A glowing river that ends in the small city where my father lived as a child.
In 2016, my father and I came back here by bus to do preliminary research for my animated feature film "SILVER BIRD AND RAINBOW FISH".
We did the field recording and looked for the house where he lived as a boy and the bridge he walked on to the school.
During the trip, we talked about his childhood memories and things he wasn't good at.

child China childhood rainbow river bridge