7 minutes of rain, regret, and a body that won't stay buried.
Director Anthony Chen and Qu Chuxiao collaborate for the second time to tell a story about bodies and regrets in the rainforests of Malaysia.
Cinematography
Malaysian rainforest as living, breathing character.
Acting
Qu Chuxiao conveys entire histories in silence.
Director
Anthony Chen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chen shot this between features, using the Malaysian location to explore diasporic bodies and landscapes he couldn't fully address in Singapore-set work.
The seven-minute runtime mirrors the traditional Chinese funeral ritual of 'touqi'—seven days of mourning compressed into minutes.
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