Mother’s airfield / Ma ma de fei ji chang / Свой аэродром

CHINA
2016, 97 MIN.

Director Zhou Yupeng
Script Zhuo Gehe, Bode Liya
Camera Wang Meng
Design Wang Shixing, Wang Xiaoying
Music Bao Le’er, Li Zhaoyu
Cast: Tangad·Borkhuu, Badema, Nuomin Dalai, Baoyin Nimuhu, Wuliji Wuke, Erdeng Tuoya, Ma Shaobo, Bi Lige
Producers Feng Yiwei, Yang Guizhen
Production Inner Mongolia Film Group, Judian Culture Media

“Mother’s Airfield” tells the story of an elderly Mongolian shepherdess (Eji) who adopts a Chinese boy (Maonaohai) relocated during the 1960-s famine from Shanghai to the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Years later when Maonaohai has grown into a healthy and strong young man, he joins the air force and reluctantly leaves the place he now regards as home. Eji is left alone again to work the land and dream of seeing her adopted son once more. Knowing that Eji’s health and hopes are failing, a drunken neighbor tells Eji that Maonaohai will soon fly his plane to visit Eji on her isolated farmstead. She consequently sets about laboring to build a runway. None of the local people can bear to disillusion Eji, and caught up in the well-meaning lie, the whole community soon finds themselves assisting her in preparing the ground for Maonaohai’s anticipated return.

ZHOU YUPENG
Born in 1958 in Tianjing, China. He started his career as an actor, being a member the Inner Mongolian Peking Opera Troupe. He left for Inner Mongolian Film Productions in 1977 and started to work as a film director in 1996. He is one of China’s “A-list” directors. His director’s filmography includes “Mother” (2002), “Race to the Top” (2004), “The Son of Syynmagik” (2005), “Wang Sha” (2006), “The Silent Girl, Hongxing” (2007), “Silent Beach” (2009), “The Story of the Village” (2010), “The Life and Death of Golden Swan” (2012), “Silent Past” (2013), “Doctor in Gan’nan” (2014).

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