About the Art
Winter’s Passing is a coming-of-age narrative short film. Due to his mother’s untimely death and his father’s remarriage, an 8-year-old boy has to live with his grandfather who runs a small urn shop. While reluctantly staying at the shop and trying to return to his father, he meets a woman who wants to buy two identical urns. Through their secret deal, the boy gradually learns the meanings of loss and grief.
About the Artist
Yang Fei is a writer-director focusing on stories of familial relationships and coming-of-age of working-class children in the modern city. Realistic storytelling style influenced by the work of Hirokazu Koreeda and Edward Yang.
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