Still Life (2008)

In Still Life, great changes have come to the town of Fengjie due to the construction of the Three Gorges hydro project: Countless families that had lived there for many generations have had to relocate to other cities. Fengjie&#185s old town, which has a 2000-year history, has been torn down and submerged forever, but its new neighborhood hasn&#185t been finished yet. There are still things that need to be salvaged and yet there are also things that must be left behind. In Still Life, such life-changing choices face both Han Sanming, a miner traveling to Fengjie in search of his ex-wife of 16 years, and Shen Hong, a nurse who has come to Fengjie to look for her husband, who she hasn&#185t seen in two years. Both Han and Shen will find who they&#185re looking for, but in the process they too will have to decide what is worth salvaging in their lives and what they need to let go of. More »

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