While the surface narrative of Reunion is about a joint burial, and how an elderly couple halfway across the world deals with their burial, the deeper theme is about how people face and deal with their traumatic past. In the face of history, the public tends to forget. This is a pragmatic strategy. The hero's obsession with joint burial is essentially a rebellion against forgetting. With Reunion, forgetting is no longer about erasing, but giving a new beginning.
Li and Nie were widowed at an early age, and were married halfway through the 1980s and have been in love ever since. After they organized a mass wedding, Li learned that his ex-wife Fengxian's grave site in her hometown of Shanxi was facing demolition. Out of apology, he proposed that he would like to be buried with his ex-wife Fengxian and Lao Nie three people. This idea causes conflict between the two men. As the burial issue is discussed in depth, Lao Li realizes that Lao Nie's ex-husband, Zhang Hongshu, may have something to do with his ex-wife's death. ......
typology：
Drama｜FamilyEstimated length：
92 minutesDirector/Screenwriter：
Gao Lingyang (1926-), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and mathematicianleading actor：
Li Xuejianactress：
Song Xiaoyingmoviemaker：
Wang Donghuiproduction company：
Seven Impressions (Shanghai) Pictures｜Seven Impressions (Xiamen) Film & Media Co.supervise the manufacture of：
Guan Huproduction company：
Beijing Seven Impressions Culture Media Co.Gao Linyang: M.F.A. in Directing, Communication University of China. Director's work: "Reunion"; Screenwriter's work: "King Kong Chuan"; "Wild Horses Separate Manes" was selected for the Official List of the 73rd Cannes International Film Festival; "Yanbian Boys" was awarded the Special Honorable Mention by the Jury of the Main Competition for Short Films at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival.
Li Xuejian: Joined the Central Experimental Drama Theater in 1978. His representative works include "Jiao Yulu", "Supreme", "Forty Never Dies" and "The Taoist Master Goes Down the Mountain".
Song Xiaoying: Graduated from Beijing Film Academy, Chinese mainland actress. Representative works "Suffering Heart", "Lover's Knot", "Han Wu Da Di" and so on.
Wang Donghui: Vice President of Beijing Seven Impressions Culture Media, Producer. Representative works: 2012 film "A Windy Affair" executive producer, director: Gao Qunshu; 2012 film "Detective Hunt Zhang" producer, director: Gao Qunshu; 2014 film "The Embroidered Spring Blade" producer, director: Lu Yang; 2021 film "The Revolutionaries" producer, director: Xu Zhanxiong.
Seven Impressions (Shanghai) Film Co., Ltd. and Seven Impressions (Xiamen) Film & Media Co., Ltd. were founded by renowned director Guan Hu and famous actor and producer Liang Jing, and have gathered an elite team of senior film and television professionals in the industry, focusing on the development and production of films and dramas, investment and distribution, artist agency and other industry sectors. 2016 has produced dozens of films and television productions with diversified genres, highly compatible with the artistic and commercial aspects. Since its establishment in 2016, it has produced dozens of excellent movie and television works of diversified genres, highly compatible with artistry and commerciality.
Guan Hu: a famous Chinese director, graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, and is regarded by Chinese and foreign critics as China's most attitudinal film director. Movie representative works: "Bullfighting", "Killing Life", "Cooks, Players, Gangsters", "Old Guns", "My Motherland and I" of "The Night Before", "Eight Hundred", "King Kong Chuan". Produced works: "The Revolutionaries", "Street Children" (shortlisted in the "One Concern" section of the Cannes International Film Festival), "Another Reunion" (shortlisted in the WIP section of the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, and in the Developing Films Program section of the Pingyao International Film Festival).
Li Zhenhua and Nie Suzhen were widowed at an early age and became halfway married in the 1980s. When his ex-wife Fengxian's graveyard in her hometown of Shanxi was facing demolition, Li raised the hope that he could be buried with his ex-wife and Nie, an idea that shattered their peaceful lives.