I'm So Sorry

SYNOPSIS

Anchored by a man whose quest humanizes global changes, this film traces the historical events and present situation of nuclear disaster across human society. Every nuclear site he revisits represents a specific temporality - Fukushima, Japan, as the ongoing present; Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, as the concealed past; Chernobyl, Ukraine, as the forever alienated present, and Onkalo, Finland, as the future of the future. The narrative created through deconstruction and reconstruction of histories provides a new space to reflect on nuclear issues. In this space, a panorama of global apocalyptic landscapes after nuclear disaster as well as the daily lives of humans on these land is brought to life. The film, visually futuristic yet close to cyberpunk science fiction, seeks to create a human allegory in the present.

CAST & CREW

Director: Zhao Liang

Narration Script: Zhao Liang, Sylvie Blum

Cinematographers: Zhao Liang, Sun Shaoguang

Editors: Fabrice Rouaud, Zhao Liang

Music: Mikael Plunian

Sound Design: Jeroen Goeijers

Closing Music: Benoit Guerroué

Producers: Zhao Liang, Serge Lalou, Valérie Guérin

Co-Producers: Ruby Chen, Jia Zhao

Zhao Liang
Director

Zhao Liang was born in Liaoning, China in 1971. He graduated from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in

1992. Based in Beijing since 1993, he has been working as an independent documentary filmmaker as well as an artist in photography and video art. His films BEHEMOTH (2015), PETITION (2009), CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (2007), TOGETHER (2011) and PAPER AIRPLANE (2001) have been selected and screened in Cannes, Venice, Berlin and other prestigious film festivals worldwide.