Another Year
Art of the Real 2017
April 20 - May 2, 2017
Through a simple premise—13 meals shared by a family of migrant workers over 14 months, rendered in leisurely long takes—Shengze Zhu’s compassionate film speaks volumes about socioeconomic realities in contemporary China.
Thirteen meals shared by a family of migrant workers over 14 months. Through this simple premise, Shengze Zhu’s film speaks volumes about life in contemporary China. Shot in leisurely long takes with a static camera amid cramped living quarters, Another Year constantly finds something new and unexpected to focus on, magnifying small physical and psychological details and capturing subtly shifting family dynamics. Zhu uses her subjects as a microcosm for China’s broader socioeconomic realities, but her compassionate commitment to patient observation does justice to their specificity and dignity.
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