Lost in Russia, Found on the Internet

For a middle-aged man, accompanying his mother on a train trip for six consecutive days with no connection with the outside world is a challenge. Chinese director and actor Xu Zheng presented this bitter-sweet journey in his latest movie Lost in Russia screened during the Spring Festival, which is treated as a rare opportunity for family gathering in a year.

“This idea came out of the reality that many Chinese people are trapped in the controlling love of their mothers,” the 48-year-old director said. Mothers tend to interfere in children’s life because of care and love.

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