Connections made in strange lands have an inimitable character. There is that unique shared sense of not belonging and trying to find one’s place at the same time in a country that could be a newfound home or just a temporary escape. Knowing that you’re not alone in this kind of peculiar quandary, however, is the simple but indispensable truth that one reaffirms from Li Gen’s debut feature “Before Next Spring,” an entry to this year’s New York Asian Film Festival.
Before Next Spring is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
The movie is based on Li’s experience as a foreign exchange student in Japan. It is this lived experience which gives the film an authentic feel, stripped of overwrought drama or any contrived pull-and-push of emotions. It is simply an unadorned, heartfelt unfolding of the everyday interactions of Li Xiaoli, who plays a Chinese student,...
Before Next Spring is screening on New York Asian Film Festival
The movie is based on Li’s experience as a foreign exchange student in Japan. It is this lived experience which gives the film an authentic feel, stripped of overwrought drama or any contrived pull-and-push of emotions. It is simply an unadorned, heartfelt unfolding of the everyday interactions of Li Xiaoli, who plays a Chinese student,...
- 7/30/2022
- by Purple Romero
- AsianMoviePulse
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