In biology, homeostasis refers to organisms’ tendency to self- regulate in order to maintain stability despite variations in their environment. I believe that families function in a similar way. In a culture with strong conservative traditions such as mine, when a violent change throws a family off balance, how far can it go to reinstate normality?
China has gradually loosened up its family planning policies
in recent years. For those parents and children who have lived through the controversial one-child policy, which lasted for over three decades, the change is liberating. But with a new freedom come new predicaments. The possibility of having another child also alters people’s mentality in subtle yet fundamental ways, awakening latent fears and desires.
With this film I want to capture the kind of mystery that is often overlooked – a mystery disguised as the ordinary, a half-open door, an innocent question, an ambiguous gesture...
To me, they are what makes human behaviours and interactions so fascinating.