Plot Summary:Thirteen dinners of a Chinese migrant worker's family over the course of fourteen months. The film portrays a series of random occurrences. Joys, frustrations and the struggle for survival. The meals unfold in real-time through thirteen static, long takes. Each take captures with vivid detail the reality of the relationships between the different family members. As the seasons unfold, so does time and the echoes for better working conditions penetrate the frame. Issues such as the one-child policy and the possibilities for better wages weigh heavily on the minds of the three-generation family. Thus, the room where the family gathers night after night becomes an observational microcosm of the transformations that the Chinese working class faces on a daily basis. By examining the lives of migrant workers, who left their rural home-towns to look for a better life in cities, the film creates a powerful and moving meditation on China's economic boom and massive urbanization. Another Year ...
ＡＬＩＣＥ • 农民工的13顿晚餐
原载于[谷雨 ] “这不是一部关于吃饭的电影。”在日本山形国际纪录片电影节上，朱声仄向观众这样介绍她的影片《又一年》。这部入围山形电影节国际竞赛单元的纪录片在形式上令人印象深刻。整部影片以十三个固定机...