World premiere
Never Too Late
Is it worth getting a divorce after 60 years of marriage? This is the question plaguing a Chinese couple who decided to make a big change and divorce in their 80s. A courageous old couple have decided to start afresh and bravely face new challenges. The divorce comes as a shock to the small-town community of Huaihua, which doesn’t approve this kind of behaviour.
Director Yang Lizhu, the couple’s granddaughter, unravels the story behind the divorce and 60 years of marriage, and the reasons for its end. The film captures the warm, funny and sad moments that make up a marriage.
Mikk Granström
Lizhu Yang was born in Hunan, China. Yang graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 2016, majoring in photography. She participated in the documentary workshop exchange programme with Shixin University in Taiwan. Since 2020, she has been working as an independent documentary director, working on both commercial projects and indie documentaries. “Never Too Late” is her first feature-length documentary, which was supported by the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation.
Never Too Late (2024, doc)