Award-winning Filmmaker Details

Going Away on a Boat as Su Nien Zhen

Award Comments:

In "Going by Boat", Liu Dan accurately grasps the psychological changes and emotional fluctuations of different identities in multiple character relationships, and the character traits and emotional state of the character are restrained and stoic, showing the actor's mature and calm control of the role.

"Going by Boat Film Introduction:

Zhou Jin (Ge Zhaomei), an elderly woman living alone in the rural canal-side village, is suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumor, and her children, who have drifted abroad, are forced to return to their hometown to take care of her. Eldest daughter Su Nianzhen (Liu Dan), who runs a study-abroad consulting organization in Shanghai and is going through her second divorce, insists on giving her mother the best treatment; youngest son Su Nianqing (Wu Zhoukai), a wandering tour guide, supports her in letting go of her mother and accepting impermanence. In the face of death, Zhou Jin searches for a spiritual home, and Su Nianzhen and Su Nianqing are losing their final connection to their hometown as they continue to discover their mother's secrets.