On the Way to the Sea (2010)
- Original title
- 去大海的路上
- Directed by
- Tao Gu
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The director travels to his childhood home in China after a devastating earthquake. The film is his personal record of visiting that place and remembering.
contemplativepersonalquietreflectivemelancholicintimateslow-paceddocumentary
What happens
On the Way to the Sea is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Tao Gu and released in 2010. The film centres on the director's trip to his childhood home in Wenchuan County, China, following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The film was made as Gu's thesis project for the film studies program at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. It was subsequently named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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