Synopsis
On a mountain of Sichuan, in China, there is a tale that says there was a rock, a long time ago, that had children. Beyond their age differences and the distance between them, those who dream about the rock are in a kind of permanent connection. Fascinated by the same stone, their thoughts, movements, and desires become one. One day, they will be reunited in a garden called the garden of the ages. They say that in this garden, at the same place and at the same time, the four seasons of life meet: spring for birth, summer for childhood, fall for adulthood and winter for old age. This garden is both indoors and outdoors, like a big house with its own garden inside.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Co-production : GREC - Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques
- Film exports/foreign sales : Light Cone
Full credits (1)
- Participant : N.T. Binh
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1982
- Runtime : 56 min
- Visa number : 66630
- Visa issue date : 17/02/1988
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
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