Juno Hong Brings Autobiographical Debut ‘Only the Moon Knows’ to Shanghai Project Market: ‘Loneliness Is a Universal Human Condition’

By Jenny S. Li

Jenny S. Li

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Chinese director Juno Hong has brought her debut feature “Only the Moon Knows” to the Shanghai International Film Festival‘s SIFF Project, where it was selected as one of three international co-production projects presented at the market.

The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store who forms an unlikely bond with a homeless elderly woman who shelters there each night. Their friendship reaches a breaking point when Cheng Jun prepares to return home after her studies, just as the old woman’s situation takes an unexpected turn.

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