29 minutes to wreck your heart — this quiet gem about lonely kids will haunt you.
Fu Xiao Xiao lives with her father after her parents divorced. Her father is always busy with his researches. She doesn't have friends and is being bullied at school. One day a new student joins her class. Xiao Xiao discovers that they are actually neighbours. They become close while going to school and back together, even more than friends..
Acting
Child actors deliver devastating restraint — no melodrama, just ache.
Direction
Guo trusts silence; empty frames speak louder than dialogue.
Director
Edward Guo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edward Guo reportedly cast non-professionals from actual schools to capture raw, unperformed isolation.
The film quietly critiques China's 'left-behind children' phenomenon — divorce-fueled neglect rarely depicted this honestly in mainland shorts.
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