1st edition · Children Rights

Out of the Garden

Director: Jiabao Yang · Country: CHINA · Year: 2022 · Runtime: 17 min · Language: CHINESE

This summer, Ah Le's 'Go out of the Garden' ceremony, a traditional rite of passage in the Chaoshan region, is about to take place. When he goes out to help his family with a delivery, he accidentally enters the room of a girl, Jing Yi, and his rash action leads to a "big disaster"; at the same time, the long-awaited coming-of-age ceremony is challenged by an accident. As the two events seem to be somehow connected, Ah Le has to go on a journey to redeem himself, and his budding affection for her secretly emerges…

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