SUB CATEGORY :

PORTFOLIO SPOT

COMPANY ENTERING :

LINKFILMS, SHANGHAI

TITLE :

THE ROLE

BRAND :

WABC

ADVERTISER :

LINKFILMS

AGENCY :

LINKFILMS, SHANGHAI

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER :

SCOTT XIE

COPYWRITER :

SCOTT XIE

ART DIRECTOR :

MOGO WU/KIMI HUANG

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR :

JOAN WANG

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

LINKFILMS, SHANGHAI

DIRECTOR :

SCOTT XIE

CINEMATOGRAPHER :

XIMEN LU

GAFFER :

CHENLONG WANG

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

JOAN WANG

FILM PRODUCER :

SIMON XIAO

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

LINKFILMS, SHANGHAI

EDITOR :

SCOTT XIE

POST PRODUCER :

ZOE WU

COLORIST :

YINGJIE ZHANG

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

LINKFILMS, SHANGHAI

VISUAL EFFECTS :

XUE YANG

SPECIAL EFFECTS PRODUCER :

ZOE WU

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

LINKFILMS, SHANGHAI

SOUND DESIGNER :

LEI WU

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

FOR 30 YEARS, A PAIR OF MOTHER AND SON, STICK TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER IN DIFFICULTIES. FOR 30 YEARS, SON SUFFERED FROM CEREBRAL PALSY, MOTHER LIVES AS MOST UNPRIVILEGED. FOR 30 YEARS, SHE FOUND HER OWN WAY TO WALK THROUGH THE DARK. HE TRIED TO MAKE HER NOT ALONE. FOR 30 YEARS, THESE TWO TRAPPED-ON-LAND FISHES MOISTEN EACH OTHER WITH MOISTURE AND SPIT TO SURVIVE.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

A BOWL OF EGG FRIED RICE, A TURTLE, A PAINTING, A BATHTUB, LAUNDRY, THIS FAMILY LEADS AN ORDINARY LIFE. BUT WITH HIS CEREBRAL PALSY, HER COMPANION, HIS TENACITY, AND HER PEACE, THE FATE ALSO BROUGHT SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY TO THIS PAIR OF MOTHER AND SON. AFTER LIVING TOGETHER FOR 30 YEARS, THEY CAN NEVER BE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. LIKE CHUANG-TZU SAID IN THE GRAND MASTER: SPRING HAS DRIED UP, FISHES ARE TRAPPED ON THE LAND. SO THEY MOISTEN EACH OTHER WITH MOISTURE AND SPIT TO SURVIVE.