CENTERPIECE FILM

Good Autumn, Mommy (寻她)

MIDWEST PREMIERE
China | Drama | 2023 | 107 minutes | In Cantonese with English subtitles

DIRECTOR & SCRIPTWRITER: Shizhong Chen
STARRING: Shu Qi, White K, Lang Yueting, Zhang Benyu, Tian Niu, Yuan Xiangren, Shao Weitong

SYNOPSIS

Set in a quiet southern cane village, Fong-tai's (played by award-winning actress Shu Qi (舒淇) is heavily pregnant, and together with her husband their first daughter,, they are waiting in earnest to welcome a new family member. But, when their newborn daughter disappears without a trace, Fang-tai embarks on a transformative journey of awakening to find her family and herself. The film was honored with the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2023.

As a prolific actress who successfully transitioned from a model to a film star, Shu Qi has made over 80 films and 5 TV series in 20 years. Shu Qi, who has not starred in a film for four years, has changed her fashionable and beautiful image this time, playing the role of a rural woman in a Southern China town, showing another kind of resolute and simple feminist beauty.

DIRECTOR CHEN SHIZONG

Chen Shizhong is a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and a Guangdong native. He  graduated from Shenzhen University in 2017. He obtained a full scholarship to attend Shanghai  Vancouver Film School, majoring in cinematography. He was selected as one of the top five  directors of CFDG Young Director Support Program in 2020. GOOD AUTUMN, MOMMY is his first feature film. The film entered the main competition of the  Golden Goblet Award at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the Outstanding Artistic Achievement.