After All These Years

Ah Jie returns to his hometown after several years and soon realizes that no one remembers him. Even his family denies his relationship to them. Depressed, Ah Jie meets Lao Huang, who runs a small town restaurant. Lao Huang tells Ah Jie that he can help uncover the truth to why no one recognizes him. However, Ah Jie finds himself involved in an accidental murder, and as the stranger in town, is the prime suspect. After an absurd trial, held by his childhood friends and family, he is sentenced to death. Several years later Ah Jie, who is supposed to be a dead man, reappears at Lao Huang’s restaurant. –São Paulo International Film Festival