Screening Details

THE EMPTY NEST (China)

(84 min; 2020; Chinese with English subtitles)
Director: Zhang Wei  

The Empty Nest is about an old woman who is an empty nester. It is a melancholic story based on the novel by Xue Yiwei. The film ends with hope and realization by the central character Zhao Yemie that life is about moving on and not about pondering over the sad moments.

Zhao Yemie is played by Zhu Xijuan, a superstar of 1960s in China