The Shadowless Tower

• Lu Zhang
• 144 min
• China
• 2023
• Fiction

Middle-aged man attempts to reconnect with estranged father in poignant and existential family drama about what it takes to sustain eternal love.

The White Pagoda, a 13th-century temple in Beijing, is said to cast a shadow first visible in Tibet, but in this film, its shadow looms over everyone. When Gu and his sister were children, their father was falsely accused of a crime and sent to labor camp. Decades later, the siblings, now middle-aged, still have had no contact with him. However, every year on their birthdays, their father bikes 300 kilometers to place a flower on their mother's grave. Nominated for the Golden Bear, The Shadowless Tower is a remarkable generational drama about maintaining love through thick and thin, and the struggle for a shared life despite physical distance, illness, and death.


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• Drama
• Familj
• Kärlek
• Relationer
• Mat