
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
1988
"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class households. It postulates the existence of a mass dreaming phenomenon that facilitated fatigued Chinese inhabitants to rejuvenate themselves following the secluded episode of lived experience and to coexist with the enduring imprints of "the event" on their social lives.
Yawei Wang
Xiaohui Peng
Jun Peng
Ting Wang
Yuzhou's Mother
Yuzhou Chen
Yuzhou's Grandmother
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