''Walking Past the Future'' ( zh, 路過未來) is a 2017 Chinese

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directed by

Li Ruijun Li Ruijun (, born 1983) is a Chinese film director and screenwriter. Personal life Born in Gansu Province in 1983, Li Ruijun studied music and painting at the age of fourteen. In 2003, he graduated from the China National Ministry of Radio, Film ...

. It was screened in the

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section at the

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Plot

Yang Yaoting's (

Yang Zishan Yang Zishan (, born 6 November 1986) is a Chinese actress. She is known for her breakout role in the film '' So Young'', which won her the Huabiao Award for Outstanding New Actress and the Best Actress awards at the 5th China Image Film Festival an ...

) family returns to their village in Gansu after both her parents are laid off from their jobs in Shenzhen but finds life has changed drastically from the one they left 25 years earlier. Yaoting returns to Shenzhen hoping to provide her family a home at the city takes part in high-risk medical tests at a hospital with tragic consequences.

Cast

as Yang Yaoting * Yi Fang as Xinmin * Li Qinqin * Zhou Yunpeng *

Naren Hua Naren Hua (born 17 November 1962) is a Chinese film and television actress of Mongolian ethnicity. Name Her name is derived from the Mongolian word for sunflower ( – "sun", mn, links=no, script=Latn, naran; "flower", mn, links=no, sc ...

References

External links

* 2017 films 2017 drama films Chinese drama films 2010s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Li Ruijun {{2010s-drama-film-stub