So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son
Festival poster
Traditional Chinese地久天長
Simplified Chinese地久天长
Literal meaninglong and enduring as the heavens and the earth
Hanyu Pinyindìjiǔtiāncháng
Jyutpingdei6gau2tin1coeng4
Directed byWang Xiaoshuai
Screenplay by
  • A Mei
  • Wang Xiaoshuai
Story byWang Xiaoshuai
Produced byLiu Xuan
Starring
CinematographyKim Hyun-seok
Edited byLee Chatametikool
Music byDong Yingda
Production
companies
  • Dongchun Films
  • WXS Production[1]
Release dates
  • 14 February 2019 (2019-02-14) (Berlin)[2]
  • 22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) (China)[2]
Running time
185 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin

So Long, My Son (Chinese: 地久天长, or Di Jiu Tian Chang[3]) is a 2019 Chinese drama film directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.[4][5] At the festival, the film won the two main acting awards, with Wang Jingchun and Yong Mei winning the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Actress, respectively.[6]

  1. ^ "Festival poster". The Match Factory. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Dìjiǔtiāncháng". Douban. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Awards 2019". BRIFF. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Selection for Competition and Berlinale Special Completed". berlinale. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Competition and Berlinale Special: Agnès Varda, Agnieszka Holland, Hans Petter Moland, Isabel Coixet and Wang Quan'an in the Competition Programme/Feature Film Debut of Chiwetel Ejiofor in the Berlinale Special". www.berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  6. ^ Meza, Ed (16 February 2019). "Berlin Film Festival 2019: Nadav Lapid's Synonyms Wins Golden Bear". Variety. Retrieved 17 February 2019.