Like Wave Like Cloud
Director:Yang Yulin
Screenwriter:Yang Yulin
Cast:Huang Lu, Jin Jing
Producer:Yang Yulin, Wang Luka
Cinematographer:Zhang Yang Minming
Running Time:16min20s
Region:China
Year:2023
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Production Company:None
SYNOPSIS
Tong (played by JIN Jing) intends to stay in the surfing paradise, escaping from her previous life. Faced with estrangement, her lover, single mother Fang (played by HUANG Lu), strives to keep her close. As the two briefly part ways, a tragic event brings them back together. Amidst grief, their bond deepens both physically and emotionally, yet they are acutely aware of the inevitable separation looming ahead. At the same time, they gained new feelings and awareness of their own selves and each other’s existence.
Director Biography
YANG Yulin is a Chinese director and screenwriter, who holds a MFA degree in filmmaking from NYU Tisch. He has participated in research and work across various domains, including language, communication, design, and visual arts. Proficient in cross-boundary and cross-cultural communication and creation. As a director, he has a delicate and poetic visual style that captures the subtle nuances of human relationships that are hard to define, and the alienated moments intertwined. Infusing narratives with surrealistic formal elements, he endeavors to unveil a truer reality beyond the surface of the stories. His feature debut is in development.
Director's Statement
This film is inspired by my personal story – the struggle and frustration I feel when I am in an emotional relationship that does not conform to the mainstream of society and is not recognized by the traditional values of my family, and when my own perceptions of myself are drifting away from the original social expectations. It is this moment that I wanted to capture, when there is no way to escape from a difficult situation and one must face it head on, that creates a new realization and reflection on oneself, one’s relationships, and one’s perception of one’s existence at the present time. At the same time, I also wanted to depict the relationships that cannot be simply defined in modern society, and the inevitable alienation that comes with them.






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