Synopsis
She faces endless rehabilitation; her body keeps recalling the injury; she wishes to appease, yet she fell……Three dancers who have confronted injuries filled the visual with strain on the body. The film ponders how to co-exist with the trauma and keep going after one’s world falls apart.
She faces endless rehabilitation; her body keeps recalling the injury; she wishes to appease, yet she fell……Three dancers who have confronted injuries filled the visual with strain on the body. The film ponders how to co-exist with the trauma and keep going after one’s world falls apart.
Full credits
- Section
- Out of Competition
- Director
- Dorothy CHEUNG
- Production countries
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Production year
- 2022
- Duration
- 17 minutes
- Producer
- Cathy LAU, Elysa WENDI, Yuri NG, Samuel CHAI
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