Young director's film on China's aging population debuts in Pingyao
China DailyA scene in Being Mortal. As one of China's most influential movie events to gather arthouse enthusiasts, the ongoing 4th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival has attracted many young talents to screen their latest directorial outings. Poster of Being Mortal As the opening film of the "Made in Shanxi" sector, which also includes Jia's own film, Swimming Out till the Sea Turns Blue, Being Mortal turns the lens to the social issues caused by China's expanding aging population. "Despite Being Mortal telling a story about how to best take care of such a patient, the film also wants to explore the conflict and contradiction between China's traditional value to respect filial piety and a family's struggle over high medical fees," Liu added. Born in Shanxi's Yuncheng, Liu began to shoot films in college and won his first award for the short film, Shan Na Tou, at the 14th Beijing University Student Film Festival in 2007.
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