Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late (2024) is a mystery, documentary film directed by Shuai Li.

"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class households. It postulates the existence of a mass dreaming phenomenon that facilitated fatigued Chinese inhabitants to rejuvenate themselves following the secluded episode of lived experience and to coexist with the enduring imprints of "the event" on their social lives.

Cast

Longqi Li

Jun Peng

Li Huang

Yuzhou's Mother

Ziyan Liu

Yuzhou Chen

Qing Xie

Xiaohui Peng

Ting Wang

Ting Wang

Hanying Wang

Yuzhou's Grandmother