Long Day's Journey Into Night (Diqiu zuihou de yewan) [Sub: Eng]
Trailer
This is a dramatic story that change all things the life of a guy. This story tells about Luo Hongwu who decided to return to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled 12 years earlier. It is a decision that changes his life with memories of an enigmatic and beautiful woman resurfaces. This woman that he loved and whom he has never been able to forget in all days. After a long time, Luo Hongwu begins his search for her, past and present, reality and dream for beginning.
This critic, however, cannot avoid the sensation that [director] Bi Gan, at certain moments, seeks effect more than coherence. [Full review in Spanish]
Make no mistake about it, Long Day's Journey Into Night is a flat-out masterpiece and Cannes organizers might want to rethink their selection choices next time.
With a daunting level of detail and expert grasp of mood, Long Day's Journey ventures into expressionistic new territory, pondering questions of time, space, and truth.
There is some satisfaction that comes in seeing motifs and symbols established within the first part of Long Day's Journey Into Night as they re-emerge in the galvanizing high-wire act performance of the second.
Long Day's Journey Into Night has been declared a masterpiece before most audiences have had a chance to see it, but that does disservice to Bi Gan's risk-taking in what's only his second feature.