My Father’s Son 比如父子

My Father's Son

比如父子

China | In Post-Production | Drama | 105min (tbc)

Director: QIU Sheng

Screenwriter: QIU Sheng

Producer: ZHANG Yuxuan, JIA Ruocheng, Charles GILLIBERT

DOP: ZHANG Jiahao

Sound Designer: LI Danfeng

Starring:

Father : SONG Yang, ZOU Qiao

Son : SUN Ning, XU Min

Mother: TONG Chenjie, PAN Yao

Mistress: Alice KO Chunli

Qingyu : SUN Anke

LIN Na : ZHAO Jiali

Synopsis

Qiao, an 18-year-old boy, loses his voice while delivering a eulogy for his late father. He runs away from the funeral and hides from his family. Between past, present and future, the young man recalls his relationship with his brutal and secretive father, who left him a passion for boxing. Ten years later, now an engineer, Qiao develops an AI boxer to help people learn boxing. Training with the AI day by day, Qiao begins to see a ghost.

QIU Sheng

QIU Sheng was born in Hangzhou, China. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering before getting trapped in film.

His feature debut Suburban Birds (2018) has been selected in Locarno Film Festival, and more than 20 other international film festivals, such as São Paulo International Film Festival, BFI, CPH:PIX and New Directors/New Films Festival. His short film Double Helix (2021) won Best Short Film in Shanghai International Film Festival, Best International Short Film in Ghent Film Festival.