synopsis
Couples separated by immigration create intense conflict. The inner loneliness and uncertainty and the external multiple pressures of economy, culture and life force this small family to find their way again.
The Moon on the Other Side
创作阐述
Since ancient times, it has been human nature to keep moving in search of a better life. But whether a better life is in sight or elsewhere often becomes a problem similar to that of a walled city. Those who are on the outside want to come back; those who stay inside want to get out. Do the problems inherent in a marriage disappear just because the backdrop of the story is changed? This existential dislocation seems to coincide with a certain imbalance in the marriage relationship. In order to get the life they imagined, Zi Ming and Yan Lu make the most cost-effective choice, which is to live apart at a distance. The time difference and distance prompts the two to start bearing pressures that cannot be shared by the other. Under the rapid current of the times when they can't see the direction clearly, on the one hand, there is identity confusion and parenting pressure, on the other hand, there is loneliness and emptiness, and career crisis. The final disintegration of this small family seems to be originated from this prolonged separation, but when we tear open the wound, the reason that really makes them split from a collective into two individuals is far more complicated than a distance. Whether to chase the unattainable moon or to hold on to the sixpence within their reach, the two question each other's choices. However, the joke is that Ziming, who originally boasts of the moon, is ultimately trapped by the sixpence at his feet, while Yan Lu, who longs for a stable life, breaks through her comfort zone after she grows up and strides towards the faraway places on her own. With swings and dilemmas, there are no winners in this story, and all need to make choices in the throes.
故事大纲
Yan Lu and Zi Ming, a middle-aged couple who had to live apart for a long time in China and Canada for the sake of their children's education and work, finally reunited after the expiration of their immigration supervision, and the planned successful reunion was broken by reality. In the face of the choice of whether to naturalize, the couple erupted into a long suppressed differences. Yan Lu, the wife of a journalist, gives up her rising job and career aspirations and goes to Canada alone with her children. The status of an immigrant mother and misunderstandings make her farther and farther away from what she once aspired to be, and her boredom with overseas life, nostalgia for herself, and attachment to her family make her longing to go back home more and more intense. Ziming, her husband, who is alone in Beijing, is also stuck in a dilemma under the weight of the recession, far away from his family, facing the bottlenecks in his career and the stumbling blocks in his life, wanting to leave but unable to do so. The couple's dissatisfaction with their lives and their accusations against each other finally shatter the reunion into pieces. Caught in the middle are their rebellious son, who desperately needs his father's company, their daughter, whose thinking has been westernized, and their elderly parents, who are stubborn but have been cheated out of their savings and need support. The temptations faced by the couple on this lonely road to separation also gradually surface under the many quarrels and games. Ziming is having an affair with Yan Lu's best friend, but claims it is just a moment of lonely companionship. Yan Lu, in Canada, also meets new choices, and even her son is torn between two fathers. The happy little family on the outside has long been riddled with holes and on the verge of breaking up on the inside. Stuck between culture and life, they must sort everything out and find their way back to the future.
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typology：
Love｜Family｜Drama -
director (film etc)：
Faye Kuo (1977-), Hong Kong actress
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cinematographer：
Faye Kuo (1977-), Hong Kong actress -
moviemaker：
limestone (geology)