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The documentary marks the directorial debut of Chinese actor Zhang Zhehan, it documents his deeply personal journey of self-healing in the aftermath of a devastating cyber media storm in August 2021 that abruptly halted his acting career.
Direction
Zhang's debut reveals a visual storyteller born from necessity.
Cinematography
Tibetan landscapes shot like memory itself—hazy, vast, unforgiving.
Editing
Intimate phone footage collides with epic mountain silence.

Director
Zhang Zhehan
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