NIGHTTIME SOUNDS
Genre
Drama
Running time
89 minutes
Year
2025
Language
Chinese
Subtitle
Arabic and English
Country
China
Director
Zhang Zhongchen
Bio
Producer
Midi Z, Wang Hongwei
Cast
Aline Chen, Gu Hanru, Li Yanxi
Scriptwriter
Zhang Zhongchen, Li Zhigang
Nighttime Sounds blends social realism with surrealist poetry to explore the emotional landscapes of women in rural China: their buried desires and muted cries for freedom, love and recognition. Eight-year-old Qing lives with her mother, while her father works in a distant city. One morning, Qing encounters a ghostly child searching for their missing mother. Through dreamlike imagery and a haunting soundscape, director Zhang Zhongchen weaves a powerful tale of memory, longing and the silence passed from one generation of women to the next.
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