On the Way to the Sea (2010)

On May 12 2008 the biggest earthquake in Chinese history occurred in the film makers hometown of Wenchuan According to official polls 69159 were killed 374141 were seriously injured and 17469 are still considered to be missing The film makers parents central character in the film are survivors In a surreal hybrid of documentary footage experimental abstraction and fictional elements On the Way to the Sea studies the human fragility and spiritual homelessness generated by such disasters