Some ground subsidence has occurred in a suburban area and a team of engineers, including Hao, is dispatched to investigate the cause. After days of wandering around in the empty suburb looking for answers and carrying his heavy gear, Hao walks into a primary school where he finds a diary chronicling the story of a boy and the separation of what seems to be an intimate group. As the investigation keeps going, Hao discovers that this diary might contain prophecies about his ow... (Full plot summary below)
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Some ground subsidence has occurred in a suburban area and a team of engineers, including Hao, is dispatched to investigate the cause. After days of wandering around in the empty suburb looking for answers and carrying his heavy gear, Hao walks into a primary school where he finds a diary chronicling the story of a boy and the separation of what seems to be an intimate group. As the investigation keeps going, Hao discovers that this diary might contain prophecies about his own life.
Leave your thoughts about Suburban Birds.
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe spectacular feature-directing debut of Qiu Sheng. |
| The PlaylistAndrew BundyIt’s the kind of movie you sit on, but then can’t wait to revisit. Suburban Birds is a rewarding and revelatory first feature from a fresh artistic voice. |
| Screen DailyWendy IdeThis pleasing, if perplexing, feature debut from Qiu Sheng takes an agile and experimental approach to structure, as two story strands glance off each other, and occasionally intersect. |
| The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinEnigmatic but oddly entrancing feature debut. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeViewers, too, may feel at once cast adrift in the film’s amorphous quests, and languidly seduced by its disorder. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenThe film’s refusal to commit to its passing fancies is a highly intentional and eventually tiresome declaration of Qui Sheng’s arthouse bona fides. |
| Film ThreatBobby LePireAs it stands now though, the acting is good, but the narrative moves like molasses, leaving the audience at a distance. |
