Short / Children Rights

Out of the Garden

CHINESE / 17 MIN

This summer, Ah Le’s ‘Go out of the Garden’ ceremony, a traditional rite of passage in the Chaoshan region, is about to take place. When he goes out to help his family with a delivery, he accidentally enters the room of a girl, Jing Yi, and his rash action leads to a “big disaster”; at the same time, the long-awaited coming-of-age ceremony is challenged by an accident. As the two events seem to be somehow connected, Ah Le has to go on a journey to redeem himself, and his budding affection for her secretly emerges…

Year:

2022

Country:

CHINA

Director:

Jiabao Yang

Producer:

Zhuoxin Cai

Writers:

Jiabao Yang

Starring:

Yie Lin,
Yayun Zheng