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Ran Jing

Ran Jing

Film director

Jul 7, 2026

1:04
Where did the inspiration for this story come from?
1:06
I think there's a lot of elements.
1:08
It's all coming together in this story.
1:11
So I am from Beijing and the English is my second language.
1:14
I think every time when I'm writing and then in English, I definitely feel like I could be a lot more concise, fluent when I'm doing it in Chinese.
1:22
So the other day I was just joking with my friend.
1:24
I'm like, oh, what if I can just buy it off someone and then inherited it? The story sort of grew from there.

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11:38
And do you have any books you could recommend? Anything you've read recently or something you really enjoy and return to often?
25:37
I mean, even the ending shot of Flora's reflection in the doorway glass with Han placed within her head was metaphorically powerful and yet beautiful.
25:47
Yeah, thank you so much for asking that.
25:48
I have so much to say in this area because that's the line on the script.
25:53
Flora look into Han and then her reflection is also in the mirror and then the two mother become one.
25:59
That's the line on the script.
26:00
We search for the location, this, that shot in mind, but physically we just can't find anything.
26:07
The glass is literally fake.
28:11
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