World premiere

Never Too Late

Local title
Kunagi pole liiga hilja
Original title
爷爷奶奶那些事
Director
Lizhu Yang
Country
China
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Doc@PÖFF Competition
Genre
drama, comedy, family film, biographical
Subject
elderly people, intergenerational conflict, familial relationships, love, death, alienation, human rights, law

It's never too late to turn the page.

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

Director
Lizhu Yang
Screenwriter
Lizhu Yang
Cast
Guiying Deng, Qiaoyuan Yang
Producer
Quan Zheng
Cinematographer
Lizhu Yang
Composer
Cheng Sha
World sales
Beijing Hugoeast Media Co., Ltd
Runtime
Language
Chinese
Subtitles
English
Director
Lizhu Yang

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)

Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening070703 / Kunagi pole liiga hilja
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsLizhu Yang (Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer), Quan Zheng (Producer)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening111401 / Kunagi pole liiga hilja
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening170901 / Kunagi pole liiga hilja
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
Trailer
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