Fish Park

Chai Xiaoyu • 2019

As a local child of Beijing and a close witness of the city’s everyday transformation, first-timer director CHAI Xiaoyu has made an amusing and topical film about his generation. FISH PARK tells a tale of an ordinary young man who tries to map out his position in life and society. Working for his uncle in a demolition team, the protagonist Xiaoyu has his quotidian routine, always messes around the construction sites. When his old- time friend Haifeng comes back to town with his girlfriend and the three share an apartment, the simplicity of Xiaoyu’s life is replaced by uncertainty and chaos.