On the Way to the Sea (2010)
19m
Running Time
January 1, 2010Release Date
On the Way to the Sea (2010)
19m
Running Time
January 1, 2010Release Date
Plot.
On May 12, 2008 , the biggest earthquake in Chinese history occurred in the film maker's hometown of Wenchuan. According to official polls, 69,159 were killed, 374,141 were seriously injured and 17,469 are still considered to be missing. The film maker's parents, central character in the film, are survivors. In a surreal hybrid of documentary footage, experimental abstraction and fictional elements, "On the Way to the Sea" studies the human fragility and spiritual homelessness generated by such disasters.
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Release DateJanuary 1, 2010
Original Name去大海的路上
StatusReleased
Running Time19m
Wiki.
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.