Searching For Chen Zhaodi

HD | Color | Sound | 23min29s | 2021

Chen Yanan（陈亚男） is an ordinary girl, introverted by nature, and her greatest hobby is reading. One day, while in the school library, Chen Yanan found a book titled “Stand by me” donated by a senior sister named Chen Zhaodi（陈招娣）. As she read, Chen Yanan found herself inspired by the protagonist Luo Qiqi（罗琦琦）, but also became curious about the original owner of the book, this senior sister with a similar name. She occasionally fantasized whether this senior sister had similar experiences to her own and what kind of life she was living now. Unable to resist, Chen Yanan began to consider this imaginary senior sister as a confidante, wanting to write her a letter. One day, Chen Yanan accidentally discovered a yearbook containing photos of previous graduating classes in the teacher’s office…

*Yanan(亚男), ‘ya’ represents not lower than, and ‘nan’ represents male. Zhaodi(招娣）, ‘zhao‘  represents welcome, and ‘di‘ in some contexts represents brother, implying the hope that the daughter’s name will bring a younger brother for her family.