She Whispers to April

四月的一个假期，张林林带着“闺蜜”阿则回到家，母亲做了一桌“好菜”款待，实则是试探两人的关系。 

During the April holiday, Zhang Linlin returns home with her “best friend” Aze, and her mother prepares a lavish meal to welcome them, actually testing their relationship. 

导演：曹乐瑶
编剧：曹乐瑶
主演：孙毓舒、孙雨施
制片人：曹乐瑶、周紫则
摄影：盛雪禾
类型：剧情短片
对白语言：汉语普通话
制作机构：北京电影学院

Director: Cao Leyao
Screenwriter: Cao Leyao
Cast: Sun Yushu, Sun Yushi
Producer: Cao Leyao, Zhou Zize
Cinematographer: Sheng Xuehe
Genre: Narrative Short Film
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Production Company: Beijing Film Academy

2019年本科就读于鲁迅美术学院数字媒体艺术系，2024年考入北京电影学院导演系研究生就读至今。 

In 2019, I began my undergraduate studies in Digital Media Art at Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts. In 2024, I was admitted to the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy, where I am currently pursuing my graduate degree. 

小时候喜欢看的一些电影名常带有“……的天空”，这样的字眼总让我感受到淡淡的愁绪，哀而不伤。四月的天空，有忧愁也有甜蜜，这便是是青春期时林林对生活的感受。即使在当下更加开放与包容的社会氛围下，女孩林林依然游走于爱情与亲情之间。爱情与亲情让她困扰，也逼迫她不得不做出决定。近年来，“le”群体似乎已经被看作某些“商业符号”，但这仍然是不平等与不公正地物化某一群体的方式。我无意参与这些争议，我只将林林当成一个真正的人来写，无关其他。 

When I was a child, many of the films I loved had titles beginning with “Sky of…”, which always made me feel a faint melancholy, sad but not hurt. The sky in April has both sorrow and sweetness, which mirrors Linlin’s feelings about life during her adolescence. Even in today’s more open and inclusive social climate, Linlin still wanders between love and family, which troubles her and forces her to make a choice. In recent years, the “le” community (a Chinese internet term referring to lesbians) has increasingly been treated as a kind of commercial symbol, but this remains an unequal and unjust way of objectifying a marginalized group. I have no intention of engaging in these debates; I simply write about Linlin as a real person — nothing more.