Zhu Xin was a 21-year-old undergrad when he made this magical, hallucinatory, perfectly designed feature. Zhu’s ode to a 14-year-old girl named Senlin’s seductively dreamlike summer fantasies (and mysterious memories of past family traumas) immerses us in a beautifully photographed tale where fathers, mothers, aunts, and a mysterious doppelgänger commingle. But Zhu’s control is so assured that, far from being lost, we are transported into an almost-real world drenched with emotion and lyricism.

Director: Zhu Xin
Cast: Jiang Li, Huang Qin, Chen Yan, Hai Qin, Li Xiaoxin, Lu Jiahe

Runtime: 95 mins