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- Movie: Fly With The Crane
- Chinese: 告訴他們，我乘白鶴去了 (Gaosu Tamen, Wo cheng Baihe Qu Le)
- Director: Rui Jun Li
- Writer: Su Tong (novel), Rui Jun Li
- Producer: Gao Hong, Yang Na, Shen Xiaoping, Xianmin Zhang
- Cinematographer: Jin Yang
- World Premiere; September 4, 2012 (Venice Film Festival)
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- Genre: Drama / Arthouse
- Runtime: 99 min.
- Language: Mandarin
- Country: China
Plot
73 year old Lao Ma and Lao Cao were once famous carpenters in the village, they would partner with elders from the neighboring villages to make coffi ns. Today, they are old. Their bodies are no longer as agile as they had once been. The government has implemented the practice of cremation. Never again will the elderly call on Lao Ma and Lao Cao to make coffi ns. Before Lao Cao passed, he asked Lao Ma to help him make a coffi n for him to be buried in. The two worked together to make the coffi n. When the Mid-Autumn drew near, Lao Ma’s daughter invited him to celebrate the holiday with her. After Lao Ma returned to the village, Lao Cao was not to be seen amongst the elderly gathered by the haystack. Someone beside him whispered that Lao Cao had passed away and been secretly seen in the cornfi elds on the opposite shore of Caozi Lake. Lao Ma claimed to have seen a white crane in Caozi Lake, but none of his children believed he was telling the truth. As a result, Lao Ma became the brunt of many jokes in the village for quite some time. Since then, Lao Ma would wait by the lake everyday for the white crane. Lao Ma’s grandson would ask him why he waited for the white crane to which Lao Ma would say, “I worked so hard to raise your father, uncle and aunt, and they want to turn me into a pile of ash, I want to have the white crane carry me to heaven.” Ma’s grandchildren helped him to realize his wish...-- Venice Film Festival
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