No Changes Have Taken In Our Life

  • 45'
  • China
  • 2023

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

  • 45'
  • China
  • 2023
Director
Xu Jingwei
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
China
Year
2023
Festival Edition
IFFR 2023
Length
45'
Medium
DCP
Original title
还内样
Language
Chinese
Producer
Yang Leiting
Sales
Liangjie Culture Media Co.
Screenplay
Xu Jingwei
Director
Xu Jingwei
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
China
Year
2023
Festival Edition
IFFR 2023
Length
45'
Medium
DCP
Original title
还内样
Language
Chinese
Producer
Yang Leiting
Sales
Liangjie Culture Media Co.
Screenplay
Xu Jingwei