Gu Xiaogang

A commercial commissioned by FIRST film festival and LEXUS company. A side story short of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains.

A commercial commissioned by FIRST film festival and LEXUS company. A side story short of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains.

순을 맞이한 위씨 집안의 노모는 고희연에서 갑자기 뇌졸중으로 쓰러진다. 어머니는 다행히 깨어나지만 치매 판정을 받는다. 각자의 삶과 가족 문제로 바쁘게 사는 사형제들은 병든 노모를 두고 누가 돌볼 것인가에 대한 문제에 직면하고 가족이라는 이름으로 결속된 그들의 운명은 서로를 향한 의심과 각자의 딜레마로 인해 시험에 빠져든다. 절강성 근처 푸춘강과 푸춘산 자락을 따라 모여 살고 있는 한 가족의 이야기를 통해 현대사회에서 가족의 의미를 되새기게 한다.

순을 맞이한 위씨 집안의 노모는 고희연에서 갑자기 뇌졸중으로 쓰러진다. 어머니는 다행히 깨어나지만 치매 판정을 받는다. 각자의 삶과 가족 문제로 바쁘게 사는 사형제들은 병든 노모를 두고 누가 돌볼 것인가에 대한 문제에 직면하고 가족이라는 이름으로 결속된 그들의 운명은 서로를 향한 의심과 각자의 딜레마로 인해 시험에 빠져든다. 절강성 근처 푸춘강과 푸춘산 자락을 따라 모여 살고 있는 한 가족의 이야기를 통해 현대사회에서 가족의 의미를 되새기게 한다.

A group of young people having a dinner together, during which they shared their personal experiences and played them out through a game.

A group of young people having a dinner together, during which they shared their personal experiences and played them out through a game.

Old Jia gave up his city life and returned to the countryside with his wife. He abandoned chemical fertilizer to practice natural farming. His philosophy attracted a big group of admirers from the city, whereas local villagers disagreed on his approaches.

Old Jia gave up his city life and returned to the countryside with his wife. He abandoned chemical fertilizer to practice natural farming. His philosophy attracted a big group of admirers from the city, whereas local villagers disagreed on his approaches.

The story is about Lao Jia, a farmer on Chongming Island, Shanghai. On this island, he applies natural farming to show his wish and love to the land. Lao Jia calls himself a natural farmer. He left the metropolis Shanghai and his wife LiZi for Chongming Island three year ago. There Lao Jia contracted a farmland of about 25 acres. Without using any fertilizers or chemicals, he believes in his land and tries to plant with an ancient agriculture philosophy of returning the land to nature, which is the so called natural farming. Lao Jia said: “Farming helps people to find back some simple but real things in life, and the farmers’ emotions will in return affect the land and the plants.” Now there are many people who agree with his idea. But the reality is cruel, when Lao Jia described to me his wish to his land, problems keeps cropping up to test his attitude of “re-discovering the love to land”.

Second chapter of Shanshui Painting series from Gu. A story of mother and son in Hangzhou.

Second chapter of Shanshui Painting series from Gu. A story of mother and son in Hangzhou.