HAVE YOUR NAME CARVED
SPECIAL PROGRAM : SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2019
DIRECTED BY XU LEI
115 minutes| Fiction | screening tech | Colour | o.v. Mandarin| sub. English
SCHEDULE
20 NOV | WED | 10:00 | Studio 5
SYNOPSIS
In Guizhou Province, China, a child who dies under the age of 14 isregarded as dying young, andcannot be buried in the family graveor be listed in the family tree. 5-year-old Haiwa, the only son of the protagonist Old Ho, is diagnosed with terminaldiseaseand will die soon. Old Ho doesn’t accept the fact that he won’t have any chance to visit his son’s grave; he, therefore, determines to donate all his son’s organs and carve his son’s name on thegravestone. However, Old Ho never expect it can be rather difficult to make organ donation.
Di Provinsi Guizhou, Tiongkok, seorang anak yang meninggal di bawah usia 14 tahun dianggap mati muda dan tidak dapat dikubur di kuburan keluarga atau terdaftar dalam silsilah keluarga. Haiwa yang berumur 5 tahun, anak satu-satunya dari Old Ho si protagonis, divonis mengidap penyakit ganas dan tak lama lagi akan meninggal. Old Ho tidak dapat menerima kenyataan bahwa ia tidak akan mendapat kesempatan untuk mengunjungi kuburan anaknya; maka dari itu, ia memutuskan untuk mendonasikan seluruh organ tubuh anaknya dan mengukir nama anak itu di atas batu nisan. Akan tetapi, Old Ho tidak menyangka bahwa berdonasi organ tubuh ternyata merupakan sesuatu yang sulit.
WATCH TRAILER
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DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY
XU LEI
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2019 HAVE YOUR NAME CARVED (feature) – Best Director/Best Actor, 2019 Golden Koala China Film Festival – Winner Bronze Zenith, 2018 Montreal World Film Festival |
Production Company
Contact:
Wang Xiao: wangx@siff.com
Jack Lee : jacklee@siff.com