Stomp the Moon
Xie Deju
Chine / 2023 / Fiction / 18’12”I2500327
SYNOPSIS
[EN] he movie tells the story of a young Miao girl who pursues her quest under the guidance of the moon and eventually completes her transformation under the washing of the bathhouse. The young girl is called Qing Lingxi, the clan calls her A Ya (the Miao name for a beautiful young girl), she mistakenly joined the dance team (Miao specialty dance, Golden Lotus Award), and her journey, which should have been dreamy, becomes bitter and bitter. Xiao Xi has no aura of protagonism and has grown up with her 80-year-old grandmother. She dislikes bustling places, is shy to communicate with others, and is always used to hiding her eyes behind her messy hair. Because she has not bathed for a long time, her heavy body odor and fleas also make her classmates stay away from her. Through this dance journey, Xiao Xi takes the opening of the bathhouse as an opportunity to step out of the shadow in one fell swoop and welcome a better tomorrow.