Lost in the Mountain

The film is director Gao Zipengs first fiction film which takes three years to complete It premieres on March 27 2001 in UCCA and stars the poet A Jian Xiao Zhao and the writer Gou Zi The film is based on a true crime of disappearance It creates an atmosphere of what Ma Zhiyuan a celebrated poet and playwright of Yuan Dynasty portrays in his famous poem Autumn Thoughts Over old trees wreathed with rotten vines fly evening crows Under a small bridge near a cottage a stream flows On ancient road in the west wind a lean horse goes Westward declines the sun Far far from home is the heartbroken one