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The Spring Comes (2021)

Duration: 12:09    Category: International, Personal, Short   Opportunity: Stories

Juanjuan is a blind massage therapist, a single parent, who moved to the city and runs her own business there. Her life revolves around the massage parlor, she lives there, she works there. While she loves her job and her family, she longs for freedom, the freedom of running outside. But how can a blind person run?

This film was created as part of the Beijing Stories programme, in partnership with British Council China, The Post Wave Film Workshop and the National Film School of Beijing.

To arrange a screening contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

A FILM BY Sally Chen & Peiyan Xia

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