A Dog Barking at the Moon
再见南屏晚钟
相梓, 2019
China
2019
身怀有孕的新锐作家黄筱萸携法籍丈夫本杰明回国待产,无奈地发现自己陷入了被邪教洗脑的母亲和尚未出柜的父亲的冷战之中。
Promising writer Huang Xiaoyu accompanied by her French husband, Benjamin, returns to her family to give birth to her child. She quickly finds herself caught up in the tensions opposing her mother Li Jiumei, indoctrinated into a cult, and her secretly homosexual father, Huang Tao.
多年前,黄筱萸的父母黄涛和李久梅相识。从恋爱到结婚到女儿出生,乍一看这不过是亿万中国寻常百姓家的典型轨迹,一切波澜不惊,平淡中流露出幸福。很快,女儿长大,黄涛和李久梅也步入中年。这时,李久梅对丈夫的行踪起了疑心,她怀疑他在外面有了情人。故事里的枪都是要响的,秘密总是纸包不住火,李久梅猛地推开门,抓到了情人,却没想到,对方是个男的。
秘密爆发,故事继续,矛盾横亘在一家三口面前,解决方法似乎毫无头绪,有一点却可以肯定:那枚寻常百姓家的泡沫,破了……
Dating, getting married, bringing up children… At first sight, Huang Xiaoyu and her parents, Li Jiumei and Huang Tao, seem to live an ordinary and happy life. However, as time goes by, Li Jiumei becomes suspicious of her husband’s behaviors and wanderings. In her quest for answers, she kicks down a door behind which she catches her husband with his secret lover: a man. The truth revealed, life goes on, but confusion arises between the three family members. One thing is certain: the perfect family portrait has shattered into pieces.