“Lonely City”
This character-driven drama follows taxi driver Zhang Zhiyong as he moves through the city, picking up a series of passengers whose journeys reveal lives marked by longing, loss, and quiet emotional struggle. Among them are a woman searching for her missing husband, a young internet celebrity looking for her father, and a security guard scattering his father’s ashes into the river.
As each encounter unfolds, the taxi becomes more than a vehicle—it becomes a moving space of confession, memory, and human connection. Through these intersecting stories, the film explores loneliness, family, grief, and the hidden emotional lives of ordinary people. It is a poignant urban drama that presents the taxi ride as a journey through modern life itself.
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Gao Zhidan is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and academic with a strong background in directing, film theory, and screen culture. He holds a master’s degree in directing from the School of Theater, Film, and Television at the Communication University of China and also studied in the Department of Literature at the Beijing Film Academy.
In addition to his filmmaking practice, Gao Zhidan is an active contributor to Chinese film scholarship and education. He is a member of the Theoretical Criticism Committee of the China Film Association, a member of the Fujian Film Script Creation Research Center, and a lecturer in the Department of Film and Television Arts at Fujian Normal University’s School of Communication. His profile reflects a combination of creative, critical, and academic engagement with contemporary Chinese cinema.