OUR TIME MACHINE

时光机

By S. Leo CHIANG, Yang SUN

DAX PICTURES - as FIN

Documentary - Completed 2019

Shaken by news of his father’s dementia, Chinese artist Maleonn sets off to build a time machine.

Festivals
& Awards

Tribeca FF 2019
Hot Docs 2019
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Doc Market
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • CHINA, USA
    • Languages
    • CHINESE
    • Duration
    • 81 mn
    • Director(s)
    • S. Leo CHIANG, Yang SUN
    • Producer(s)
    • S. Leo CHIANG (Walking Iris Media), Yang SUN (Walking Iris Media)
    • Synopsis
    • When influential Chinese artist Maleonn learns his father, famed Peking Opera director Ma Ke, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he knows time is short. Their life together and the memories between them will soon be gone. In a last effort to bridge the gap, the two embark upon one of their greatest journeys: they collaborate on a haunting, magical, autobiographical stage performance called Papa’s Time Machine, in which a scientist constructs a time machine so that his father can relive some of their happiest memories. Together, they must confront the challenges of aging and the repercussions of the Cultural Revolution as they race against time to mount the show before Ma Ke’s memories are lost forever.