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Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 8, 2024

Runtime

2h 16m

Genres

Mystery, Documentary

Original Title

Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

Production Companies

Canagawa Pictures

Director

Shuai Li

Budget

$60,000

Description

"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class households. It postulates the existence of a mass dreaming phenomenon that facilitated fatigued Chinese inhabitants to rejuvenate themselves following the secluded episode of lived experience and to coexist with the enduring imprints of "the event" on their social lives.