About
The film is director Gao Zipengs first fiction film which takes three years to complete It premieres on March 27 2001 in UCCA and stars the poet A Jian Xiao Zhao and the writer Gou Zi The film is based on a true crime of disappearance It creates an atmosphere of what Ma Zhiyuan a celebrated poet and playwright of Yuan Dynasty portrays in his famous poem Autumn Thoughts Over old trees wreathed with rotten vines fly evening crows Under a small bridge near a cottage a stream flows On ancient road in the west wind a lean horse goes Westward declines the sun Far far from home is the heartbroken one