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Original name: Kai Shi De Qiang
English name: She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones
Year: 2024
Run time: 105 minutes
Language: Mandarin
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: China
Director: Youjia Qu
Producer: Meng Xie, Xianjian Wu
Cast: Taiwen Zhang, Jijun Miao, Haipeng Xu, Houyao Yang, Zhongwei Jiang, Hanyu Fu
Screenplay: Youjia Qu
Cinematographer: Qing Lv
Editor: Siqi Shan
Sound Designer: Li Danfeng
Music Composer: Siyang Chen
Costume Designer: Yimeng Xu
Production Designer: Yao Xu
Production Company: Beijing Booy Media., Ltd.
World Sales: Rediance
Filmmaker and photographer Youjia Qu graduated from Beijing Film Academy and the Rhode Island School of Design. His debut short film Meijing (2017) won several awards including the Night Award at Signes de Nuit, Best Fiction Film at Chongqing Youth Film Festival, and Best Film at Stars Hollywood Festival. His second film Together Apart (2019) was awarded Best Short Film at FIRST Film Festival Xining, selected in IFFR Bright Future Mid-length competition. His feature project Lava was selected for Busan Asian Project Market and Berlinale Co-Production Market. She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones (2024) is his first feature film.
Zhuang is a late bloomer. When he first meets his classmate Meng, a talented long-distance runner, he rashly and spontaneously takes the blame for her theft of a starting pistol. But before they can get to know each other better, Meng gives him the cold shoulder. Confused, Zhuang decides to join Meng’s track team, even though this leaves him with less time for studying. Academic pressure is added to the puzzles of adolescence. Zhuang plans to surprise everyone with a bold gesture. He is just waiting for the right moment...
