Where the Leaves Fall
Directed by Xin Alessandro ZhengItaly 2020
Runtime 16'
Giacomo, a second-generation Italian-Chinese youngman, travels to Wencheng County to bring his late father’s ashes back to his hometown. There he stays at his grandfather’s house. The old man becomes Giacomo’s guide through the forgotten paths of his native culture, which now looks so distant from the daily life of a European twenty-something.
Screenplay
Xin Alessandro Zheng
Cinematography
Guolin You
Editing
Xin Alessandro Zheng
Music
You Guolin
Sound
Andrea Pestarino, Marco Tanessi, Chen Zhiyu
Art Direction
Wang Mei, Wang Qi
Costume Design
Wang Qi
Cast
Giulio Anan Cai, Zheng Wuyi
Production
Xin Alessandro Zheng, You Guolin, Lorenzo Lorenzini, Vincenzo Cuccia (NABA, Nuova Accademia)
Distribution
NABA, Nuova Accademia
Press Office
Valentina Nozza
vnozza@webershandwickitalia.it
Production
NABA
vincenzo.cuccia@naba.it
Xin Alessandro Zheng was born in 1997. Director, scriptwriter and editor, he studied at the Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti in Milan and collaborated in numerous productions of short films and documentaries in Italy and China. Where the Leaves Fall is his graduation short from the NABA Media Design and Multimedia Arts school in Milan.
