The Fall

China | 108 minutes | 2018 | Fiction | Mandarin and English | English Subtitles | PG
中国｜108分钟｜2018｜虚构｜普通话、英语｜英文字幕 | PG
North American Premiere 北美首映

Old Lin (ZHOU Lidong) owns a small-sized company that supplies machinery and facilities. He lives a decent middle-class life, with a wife on an overseas assignment, a son going to take the College Entrance Exam before studying abroad, a group of friends who are just as well-educated as he is, and a lover to whom he never speaks the word “love”. When he struggles to collect payment from a key client, he suddenly finds his life adrift like a falling leaf in the wind.

The Fall is ZHOU Lidong’s debut feature, adapted from his and his friends’ real-life experiences as businessmen.

老林（周立冬）经营着一家供应机器和设备的小公司。他过着体面的中产生活，太太在国外工作，儿子马上参加高考、考完就送出国念书，还有一群和他一样受过良好教育的朋友，和一个他从来不对她说爱的情人。然而，当他的一个大客户再三拖欠应付款时，他突然发现自己的生活就像一片落叶般在风中飘荡。中年如秋，人生几何。

《秋田》是周立冬自编自导自演的长片处女作，改编自他和他的朋友们的亲身生活经历。

Born in Shandong Province in 1964, ZHOU Lidong is now a Beijing-based film director and businessman. Before breaking into the film industry, he has worked in coal mines, worked as a translator, and spent more than a decade building his own business.

周立冬，1964年出生于山东，现居北京，电影导演、商人。在踏入电影行业之前，他曾在煤矿工作过，做过翻译，下海经商十几年。