🎬 Movie

A young man named Li returns to his ancestral village following his father's death. He finds the family pond, once used for breeding river eels, neglected and overgrown. Rather than sell the land, Li decides to restore the pond, facing skepticism from neighbors and his own doubts. His only ally is an elderly neighbor who once taught his father the trade. Day by day, clearing silt and repairing water channels, Li begins to reconnect not only with the forgotten family craft but also with the memory of his father, which he had long avoided. The film explores the quiet drama of returning to one's roots, where the metaphor of the eel—thriving in both fresh and salt water—becomes a key to understanding the protagonist's own identity.