正在同步电影信息
Award-winningphotographerWilliamYangexploresissuesofgrief,familyandidentityinthisadaptationofhisacclaimedstageperformance,Sadness.Amesmerising,poeticmontageofstorytelling,photographyandstylisedreenactment,SadnessbringstolifethestoriesofYang’sfamilyandfriends.<br/> Sadnesshastwothemes.ThefirstinvolvesajourneywhichYangmakestofarNorthQueenslandtoinvestigatehisuncle’smurder.AmidlushtropicallandscapesheunravelsthemysteryofFangYuen’sdeath.Alongtheway,hediscoverswhyhismotherhadbeenatsuchpainstodenyhisChineseheritageandassimilatehisfamilyintoAustralianculture.<br/> Thesecondthemecentresaroundgrieving.YangtellsusstoriesoffriendswhohavediedofAIDS:‘WhenIrereadmydiariesfromtheearlynineties,IsawthatIhadbeentomorewakesthanIhadbeentoparties.Ifeltcompelledtotellthesestoriesofmyfriends,tounburdenmyselfofthethingsthatIhaveseen’.<br/> Thesetwothreadsaredelicatelyandskilfullywoventocreateadocumentarythatiselegiacanddeeplymoving,heldtogetherbyYang’spresenceascompassionatewitness.Layeringhisjourneyacrosstime,placeandculture,Yangrevealstheprofoundunitybetweengriefandlovewhichliesclosetothecoreofhumanexperience.
