So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

We're waiting to grow old.

2019185 min7.7 / 10

A meditative, intimate portrait of two couples navigating decades of personal loss and social upheaval in modern China, anchored by melancholy reflection on time, aging, and what endures.

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.

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