The Clean

盛夏将至，少年陈离与好友江洲相约去江边游泳，为此每日放学后一同前往泳馆练习。他们亲密无间，如影随形，少年间过于亲密的关系受到了校园流言的攻击，意外出现在公告栏的“情书”让两人成为校园风波的中心，当“情书事件”变成校园公共事件的时候，少年该何去何从，在沉默与压抑之间，他们第一次直面自我与世界的裂缝。

As summer approaches, Chen Li and his close friend Jiang Zhou begin daily swimming practice after school, preparing for a trip to the riverside they have long planned together. Their bond is deep and inseparable, yet their growing closeness soon draws suspicion within the school. When an anonymous “love letter” appears on the public bulletin board, their relationship is thrust into the spotlight. What began as a private connection becomes the subject of rumor, scrutiny, and public judgment. As the incident escalates into a campus-wide spectacle, the boys are caught between silence and shame. For the first time, they are forced to confront the quiet fracture between self and society—a moment where innocence ends, and the inevitability of growing up begins.

导演：陆杨
编剧：陆杨
主演：赵文鑫、杭孝迪
制片人：王乔尹
摄影：王春波
类型：剧情短片
时长：20分钟
完成时间：2024年
对白语言：汉语普通话
地区：中国

Director: Yang Lu
Screenwriter: Yang Lu
Cast: Wenxin Zhao, Xiaodi Hang
Producer: Joey Wang
Cinematographer: Chunbo Wang
Genre: Narrative Short Film
Length: 20min
Year: 2024
Dialogue: Mandarin Chinese
Region: China

陆杨，青年导演、编剧、摄影师。进修于北京电影学院导演系，曾任职于电视台与报社，具备扎实的影像叙事功底与新闻敏感度，拥有丰富的纪录片及宣传片创作经验。

Director, Screenwriter, and Cinematographer. A graduate of the Directing Program at Beijing Film Academy, he honed his craft through previous roles in television and print media. His unique strength lies in merging a journalist’s insight with a compelling visual narrative, backed by extensive experience in documentary and promotional filmmaking.

这是一个关于成长的短片，也是一场关于观看与规训的社会注视练习。 当少年的身体与情感悄然生长，那些来自成人世界的目光、规则与性别秩序也开始渗入他们的生活。曾经自然存在的亲密关系，在青春的节点上被贴上标签、被解读、被审判。一起长大的伙伴，忽然在社会的镜头下变得“不合时宜”。 我试图捕捉的，是这一切变化发生的隐秘时刻——一个个体如何在未经准备的情境中，被迫感知“被看见”的羞耻，感知自身与世界之间的裂缝。成长，并不总是自我选择的过程，而是一种被社会命名、塑形、甚至误解的发生。 这个微小却不可逆的转变，成为我创作的起点。

This is a short film about coming of age—and an exercise in the social gaze of judgment and discipline. As adolescent bodies and emotions awaken, they are met with the inspecting eyes of the adult world—its norms and gendered expectations. An intimacy that once felt natural is abruptly labeled, interpreted, and put on trial. A childhood companion suddenly becomes “out of place” under society’s lens. I seek to capture the quiet moment of this transformation—when an individual, unprepared, is first compelled to feel the shame of exposure, and to sense the rift between self and world. Growing up is not always a journey of self-discovery; it is often an occurrence of being named, scripted, and misunderstood by the social order. This subtle yet irreversible rupture is the genesis of my film.