CONVERSATION AMONG THE RUINS
呢喃河
Dir. Jiamin Zhao, Prod. Roku Long, China, In Post-Production
In Lianzhou, a rainy southern region of China, nestled around a small-town art museum, two women cross paths at a photography exhibition, forming a fleeting connection that shapes and reproduces their desires in ways beyond their perception.
Stills from Conversation Among The Ruins
Starring Yena Dong, Yi Hui, Gan Yulu
Director of Photography, Songming Cai
Lian Zhou, China, 2024
"This summer, we returned to the rainy southern region of China, where, nestled around a small-town art museum, we crafted a story about two female strangers—delving into themes of the fragility of human connections, and the projection of self.
‘Conversation Among the Ruins’ / 呢喃河 stands as the most significant project of my three-year collaboration with Jazmin Zhao. This poetic work, imbued with a profound sense of loss and solitude, is slated to meet audiences next year.
Humanity has long been ensnared in the endless quest for self-discovery— Like a river, it seems to promise an escape, flowing endlessly toward the horizon; yet it remains a cyclical trap, pulling us back into its depths time and again."
