HAF: China’s Huo Meng Unpacks Multi-Generational Epic in ‘The Wind Is Unstoppable’
11.03.2024 - 23:05
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief China’s unprecedented economic and social transformation in the latter part of the 20th century has been picked over in dozens of movies by filmmakers ranging from Jia Zhangke to Wang Xiaoshuai. But with more than one billion people affected by China’s transformation, there is no shortage of personal stories and no end of ways to tell the tale. Sophomore filmmaker Huo Meng trains his eye on one of those stories in his second film, “The Wind Is Unstoppable,” which he is just finishing off.
Huo burst onto the indie scene in 2018 with his debut feature, “Crossing the Border — Zhaoguan,” which travelled to the Pingyao and Berlin festivals and the Golden Rooster Awards. He will present “it”The Wind Is Unstoppable” as a work-in-progress at the Hong Kong — Asia Film Financing Forum. China’s cycle of rural upheaval, new order, re-location and tough regulation, such as the one-child policy, is told through the eyes of a 10-year-old child in the film.
Set in 1991, the story spans four generations of characters as their rural lives are shaped, not only by weather and the seasons, but also the new social order. “Over thousands of years, Chinese people have cultivated a deep sense of endurance and forged strong familial bonds in response to historical changes and survival pressures. Through ‘The Wind Is Unstoppable,’ we aim to depict the pervasive resilience rooted in ordinary Chinese rural families, and to show how they navigate difficulties in their daily lives amidst relentless social transformations.
When the strong winds come, rural Chinese people understand, deeply, that they cannot stop the gale. Instead, to survive, they cling to one another,” said Huo in a statement. “I’ve been involved in
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