The Surroundings

吞噬

2011 | Hong Kong SAR China | Fiction Short | 25 min | Color | Mandarin | Trailer

Director & Scriptwriter & Cinematographer & Editor: Zhengfan Yang | Producer: Shengze Zhu

SYNOPSIS

In a society obsessed with economic development, the old and the young are ignored. A young man from a rural area works hard to make a life for him and his girlfriend, and is hired to take care of an old man, who lives in a farm and stands firmly on keeping his home. However, the two are met with the harshness of a society that's leaving them behind. In the end, they are surrounded by the crucial reality and become victims to a fate they did not choose.