L' ADIEU

Farewell

Francia. 2012. Color. 18 min. Experimental. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Zhenchen Liu.
  • Co-production: China
100 years after the Titanic, the world's most famous luxury liner ship 'Queen Mary 2' sets sail to cross the Atlantic Ocean. The short film is a single slow-motion shot of passengers waving goodbye to the continent while the ship is cruising into the sunset.

Zhenchen Liu
Zhenchen was born in 1976 in Shanghai. He received an MA in Painting at the school of Fine Art in Shanghai and a masters diploma from the National Art School of Nice (Villa Arson). He works a lot on the subjects of 'urban', 'modernization', and 'the problem with the development of China'. Recently, he participated in the 1st Biennial of Chinese Contemporary Art in Montpellier, the 11th Biennial of the Moving Image" in Geneva, "Panorama8" in Tourcoing, la Rencontre Internationales Paris/Berlin, Festival de Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen International Film Festival... He's currently in residency at the National Studio of Contemporary Arts of Fresnoy.
"Under construction" (2007) / "Eiffel Tour for You" (2006) / "Shanghai Shanghai" (2006) / "Le cinquième jour après le réveillon" (2005) / "Shanghaiexpress" (2005)