Me and My Magnet and a Dead Friend
Liu Maoning • 2019
When I was a child, I used to tie a magnet to the back of my pants and pull it out all day because I had nothing else to do. A magnet can attract a lot of nails, screws and beer bottle caps on the road, which made me very happy. Ming, like me, had nothing to do, and we often play poking lottery together. I thought this would last forever. However, after a heavy rain, Ming passed away unexpectedly, and that's where my childhood ended.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
2019 Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy, France2019 HiShorts! Film Festival, China
CAST & CREW
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
Liu Maoning
Director
This story is set in the reality of the 90s, and the main plot in the story is taken from my own childhood experience. In the era of family planning, the birth of my two sisters and I brought great difficulties to the family. To My father is an art-related practitioner, but due to his livelihood, he had to return to his hometown to work as a farmer. The mother is a traditional rural woman who is gentle and caring for her family, but there is also the limitation of lack of knowledge. In the environment of family and times, my friend Xiao Ming, who is the other protagonist in the story, appeared. His prototype is a real character taken from his childhood. To