Er Li - Standing at Thirty

Er Li is a short film about growing up and self-knowledge, shot by a small group. The protagonist turns thirty and, on that day, decides to call his past self. Through conversations with who he once was, he tries to find his direction and meaning again; after ten years of social experience, call after call leads him back to his original intentions and to questions about the value of life.

"The film is shot across two timelines to express different states of mind: the thirty-year-old speaks across time with his younger self, until the letter burns — perhaps everything that once was drifts away with it."