No Changes Have Taken In Our Life
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Ba graduates from college with a major in sousaphone. With his suitcase packed and his instrument straddled to his body, he returns to his hometown, optimistic about finding a satisfactory job as a musical artist. When his father kicks him out for refusing to play for his new girlfriend, Ba begins a journey through the rundown streets of the small, working-class town, encountering a series of taciturn characters both new and familiar.
Filmmaker Xu Jingwei’s distinctive animation captures a deadpan, monotonous ennui that is simultaneously humorous and tragic. While Ba’s need for a job becomes increasingly dire, No Changes Have Taken In Our Life is not simply a reflection on this post-graduate dilemma, but an exploration of the desire to progress in a place set in its ways.
– Fiona Armour
Also in this combined programme
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Baba
A six-year-old boy uses the power of his imagination to protect himself against a harsh reality. -
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SMRT Piece
A couple candidly converses about art while the filmmaker’s animated drawings parade on the screen.
Trailer
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Film details
- Country of production
- China
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 45'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
