The Vanishing Spring Light

The Vanishing Spring Light follows Grandma Jiang in her final days. On a street set to vanish due to redevelopment, the grandmother suffers a stroke and loses what little freedom she had. Conflict between her children deepens at her bedside, prompting reflection on her past in a startling portrait of honesty in the face of death. As the communion between the director and the grandmother gets closer, the film transforms into a stunning human drama about a family’s love and loss, obligations and blood ties, guilt, change, and fate.