The Lion Turns Back

创作阐述

From 1999 to 2006, a number of incidents of impersonation of college entrance examination results occurred in Shandong and other places. Most of the imposters and the impostees came from the same districts and counties, and the victims were all children of farming families. Some of the victims learned the truth and complained years later, but their fates had been irreversibly changed.

故事大纲

Under the "Lion's Return" rock, Ding Shan and Zhang Shasha spent an innocent childhood, but when Zhang Shasha's grades were replaced by Zhang Meng from the same school during the college entrance exams, Ding Shan, knowing the truth, chose to hide and betray. Ten years later, returning to the small town, she decides to break her teenage cowardice and silence, and Shasha together, to fight against the darkness.

length of time:

100 minutes

typology:

Youth/Crime/Drama

director (film etc):

Tam Yuk Kwan

cinematographer:

Kuo Boa (1946-), Chancellor of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2003

Director's Profile

Tan Yukun: director/film editor has edited several theatrical films, including "The Life of a Puffer", nominated for Best Editing at the 28th Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema. The script of the film "Local Doug" won the Sanya Attention Award at the 2022 Hainan Island Film Festival and the Xianli New Filmmaker Program Award.

Screenwriter's Synopsis

Guo Boya: Screenwriter and planner, graduated from the Department of Literature of Beijing Film Academy, representative works: the film "Chinese Laborers", TV series "Women's Gang", TV series "Spring Police", Taiwan network drama "21 Years of Chasing Murderers" and so on.