A letter from the fishing city

A letter from the fishing city

A place that will follow me forever.

12 min · Documentary

A visual diary of a short trip to the Fishing City of Hechuan, China. An elementary school teacher tells her students her impressions of that distant place she visited and the people she met. One of them is the poet Lin, who tells her about the history of this place through stories and legends.

Directed by Milena Perdikari

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