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MY FATHER'S JOURNEY

MON PÈRE ET SA MÉLANCOLIE

By Xiaodan HE

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Documentary - Completed 2020

My Father’s Journey explores how an individual of 82 years of age built his own spiritual castle to protect himself and his frail yet precious culture against constant political upheavals and the assimilation of the dominant Chinese modern culture.

Festivals
& Awards

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma 2020
Official Competition
The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) 2021
Official Selection
Seoul International Short Film Festival 2021
Official Selection
International Festival of Ethnological Film 2021
Official Selection
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival 2021
Official Selection
Toronto Documentary Feature & Short Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
Montreal International History Film Festival 2022
Official Selection
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    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • CHINESE, ENGLISH, FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 78 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Xiaodan HE
    • Writer(s)
    • Xiaodan HE
    • Producer(s)
    • Xiaodan HE (Red Dawn Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Chongren He was born in 1936, in Li Jiang, a small town close to the border of Tibet. He is a descendent of the Naxi, one of the fifty-six Chinese minorities which has a population of 300,000. What makes the Naxi unique is their ancient Dongba culture preserved through the millenary pictographic writing. This particular pictogram is the only living one in use today and is called the “living fossil”. What makes the Naxi unique is their ancient Dongba culture preserved through the millenary pictographic writing. This particular pictogram is the only living one in use today and is called the “living fossil”.

      Besieged by the constant political upheavals and the assimilation of the dominant Chinese modern culture, he currently lives in a small village similar to an isolated island surrounded by endless waves of tourists. This film explores how an individual of 82 years of age can build his own spiritual castle to protect himself and his frail yet precious culture.
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