Cinema listings with film information and movie reviews
So Long, My Son
Chinese film-maker Wang Xiaoshuai contemplates the lingering effects of his country's one-child policy in a chronologically fractured and slow-burning drama with a running time in excess of three hours. Yaoyun (Wang Jingchun) and wife Liyun (Yong Mei) raise a young son, Xingxing. When Liyun falls pregnant again, she is compelled to comply with state policy and terminate. Subsequently, Xingxing drowns in a reservoir while swimming with his best friend, Haohao. Guilt slowly eats away at Haohao's parents, Yingming (Xu Cheng) and Haiyan (Ai Liya), who forced Liyun to have the abortion. Over time, Yaoyun and Liyun adopt a boy (Wang Yuan) in the hope the child can salve their wounds but the new Xingxing is belligerent and runs away from home.
