Three strangers, one locked-down city, and the chaos of finding hope when everything stops.
At the beginning of 2020, the the novel corona virus epidemic broke out on a global scale. Da Zhicheng, who owns a small local hotel, is trying his best to sell the hotel that has lost money for more than half a year; graduate student Jiang Xiaotian has spent years researching robots and ventures to Han to participate in the interview; Liu Huohuo works as a precarious messenger in Wuhan. When the epidemic broke out and Wuhan was closed, the three fell into the biggest dilemma in their lives. On the verge of bankruptcy, job failure, unfortunate admission to the hospital... Although the road is difficult, life is full of warmth and hope, surprises and strength.
Acting
Yu Entai's desperate hotel owner hits uncomfortably close to home.
Direction
Yao Wenyi captures Wuhan's empty streets with haunting specificity.
Director
Yao Wenyi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released in 2021, this was among the first Chinese films to dramatize Wuhan's lockdown while memories were still raw.
The title 'Reborn' carries weight—Wuhan residents used this term to describe surviving 2020, not triumphantly but exhaustedly.
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