I was scrolling through my friend’s WeChat moments last night when I saw her post from Tokyo – she’d bumped into Bai Baihe at the film festival opening ceremony. The photo showed Bai smiling in this gorgeous red dress, standing next to Wang Chuanjun, both looking every bit the movie stars they are.
My first thought wasn’t ‘wow, what a glamorous event’ – it was that familiar pang of frustration. Because I knew that even though this movie ‘Spring Tree’ was making waves at Tokyo International Film Festival, when it eventually releases back in China, I probably wouldn’t be able to watch it from my apartment in Vancouver.
You know that feeling? When your family back in Chengdu texts you about some amazing new drama they’re binging, and you excitedly open your streaming app only to see those three dreaded words: ‘Not available in your region’?
The movie itself sounds exactly like the kind of story that would hit home for us overseas Chinese. It’s about this woman Fang Chunshu (played by Bai Baihe) who returns to her hometown after living in Beijing, and meets Wang Dongdong (Wang Chuanjun) who’s come from Shanghai to care for his mother in Chengdu. Two people rediscovering their roots in the same city – doesn’t that sound familiar to anyone who’s lived abroad?
I remember last Chinese New Year, my cousin in Sichuan was raving about this variety show everyone was watching. I could hear the laughter in her voice as she described the hilarious moments, but when I tried to stream it, the video kept buffering every ten seconds. I ended up watching a grainy version on some sketchy website with pop-up ads for weight loss pills.
What’s especially ironic about ‘Spring Tree’ is that it’s competing at an international festival in Tokyo – the whole world gets to see it, but we Chinese living overseas might struggle to watch our own country’s films. There’s something deeply frustrating about cultural content traveling across borders to prestigious events while remaining locked away from the very people who might appreciate it most.
My friend who attended the festival told me the Q&A session was incredible – the director Zhang Lu spoke about how the film explores that universal feeling of searching for belonging. She sent me a voice message saying ‘You’d love this film, it’s so us!’ And all I could think was – will I ever get to see it properly without jumping through a dozen technical hooves?
So here I am, looking at these glamorous festival photos, feeling both proud that Chinese cinema is making international waves, and that familiar homesick frustration of being shut out from the cultural conversations happening back home. Anyone else tired of missing out on the movies and shows your friends won’t stop talking about?
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