龙     靓     雯

Dir. Roku Long, Prod. Emily Ruan, USA, 2020, 5MIN

Struggling to make her way home in NYC with the dry-cleaned wedding dress, a woman realizes she is not ready for her wedding at all.

Clip from Journey
Starring Lan Zhong
Director of Photography, Roku Long
New York, New York, 2020

“In this short exercise, I wanted to tell a story using a wedding dress as a symbol — a weight that a woman feels she must keep holding up. The film follows a woman carrying a freshly dry-cleaned wedding dress, walking through different places, until she finally decides to let go and drop it to the ground.

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For me, the act of releasing the dress represents the moment of freeing oneself from expectations — the quiet courage it takes to stop carrying what no longer belongs to you.”