The Cord of Life
Nominated for Best Picture in 35th Tokyo International Film Festival Asian FutureDiscontent of the way his brother takes care of their mother (played by Badema) with Alzheimer’s disease, musician Alus (played by Yider) takes her back to the grassland to look for her long lost childhood home. To prevent her from wandering off, Alus ties a rope between them, forming an “umbilical cord” that reverses the mother-child relationship and leads them deep into the grassland. As love transforms their mutual restriction into understanding and freedom, the mother is able to return to her spiritual home while Alus reaches a place of peace and love.
Genres: drama, family
Release Date: 2023.3.18
General Producer: Fu Ruoqing
Executive producer: Cao Yu, Yao Chen
Producers: Franco Liuhui, Hu Jing
Director: Qiao Sixue
Screenwriter: Qiao Sixue
Cast: Badema, Yider
Director of photography: Cao Yu
Editor: Zhang Yifan
Sound Supervisor: Fu Kang
Production Designer: Zhao Ziran
Costume Designer: Li Zhou
Music: URNA Chahar-Tugchi, Yider, Unur
4th Hainan Island International Film Festival Golden Coconut Best Artistic Contribution
35th Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future Best Film Award Best Film (Nominee)
2023 The International Film Festival Gorinchem Audience Award
2023 Singapore Chinese Film Festival Chinese Panorama
MOOOV Film festival Contest (Nominee)
2022 Bangkok World Film Festival Lotus Award Competition Best Film (Nominee)
M-Chart of China Movie Channel, The ceremony of Chinese Movie Data New Emerging Director
30th Beijing Student Film Festival (Nominee)
