DIVE INTO THE BLUE

15岁的中国女孩孟蓝在美国做了一场让她身心受创的脊柱手术。身处异国，在康复治疗期间，孟蓝与母亲文丽之间的矛盾愈演愈烈。一次偶然的机会她认识了被美国夫妇收养的华裔女孩Olivia，两个女孩迅速成为了密友。

Olivia邀请孟蓝去游泳，并鼓励她做自己想做的事。孟蓝瞒着文丽，翘掉了复健训练，尝试了手术后第一次入水。在享受叛逆带来的快感的同时，她与Olivia的关系也有着微妙的变化。

很快，文丽发现了孟蓝的秘密。她决定提前结束孟蓝的康复治疗，带孟蓝回国……

Meng Lan, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, received a spine surgery which traumatized her both physically and mentally. Being in a foreign country, the conflict between Meng and her mother Wen Li became even more violent. Coincidentally, she had a chance to meet Olivia, an ethnic Chinese girl adopted by an American couple. The two girls quickly became close friends.

Olivia invited Meng Lan to go swimming and encouraged her to do whatever she wants. Meng Lan kept the truth from Wen Li that she skipped her rehabilitation training and tried returning into water for the first time after her surgery. While enjoying the pleasure brought by rebellion, her relationship with Olivia is also experiencing a subtle change.

However, Wen Li soon discovered Meng Lan’s secret. She decided to end Meng’s rehabilitation earlier and take her back home…

导演：高歌
编剧：高歌
主演：林亚蓉、朱静漪、廖芷榕
制片人：姜智佳、高歌
摄影：李子洋
类型：剧情短片
时长：19分钟
完成时间：2024
对白语言：英语、汉语普通话
地区：美国
制片公司：无

Director: Gao Ge
Screenwriter: Gao Ge
Cast: Angela Lin, Stacy Pan Chu, Christine Liao
Producer: Jiang Zhijia, Gao Ge
Cinematographer: Li Ziyang
Genre: short fiction film
Length: 19 minutes
Year: 2024
Dialogue: English, Mandarin Chinese
Region: USA
Production Company: None

本科毕业于波士顿大学电影制作专业，研究生毕业于纽约大学艺术管理专业，现任北京超乐无限文化传播有限公司制片兼文学策划。担任独立制片的短片《某个午后》曾入围学生奥斯卡奖，并获得10余个国际电影节展的多项奖项。担任波士顿地区几大院校联合制作的音乐短片《白露》的执行制片，并制作过多个获奖短片。

Gao received the Bachelor’s degree in film-making at Boston University and the Master’s degree in arts management at New York University. She is now working at Chaolewuxian Culture Communication LTD as a filmmaker and literary planner. Her short film “One Afternoon” was shortlisted for the Student Academy Award and has won multiple awards at over 10 international film festivals. She is also the executive producer of “White Dew”, a musical short film co-produced by several colleges in the Boston area, and has produced several award-winning short films.

《蓝》讲述了一个青春期少女在一次脊柱手术后对自己的身体进行探索与和解的过程，并通过她与其他两位女性之间的互动，展现当代不同年龄层、不同文化背景下女性的困境。

故事的灵感很大一部分来源于我自己的生活。女主患有脊柱侧弯，严重到了要做手术的地步，而我本人其实就是10多年的脊柱侧弯患者。虽然我没有亲历手术，但我的青春期也是在康复治疗中度过的。当时国内大众普遍对脊柱侧弯的认知程度不高，医疗条件也不算特别好，每个假期我都要跑到北京看病，冬天光着身子站在冰凉的地下室里，让医生们在我身上倒膜，为我量身定制一个每天24小时佩戴的支具。在医院里，我见到了从全国各地来治疗的孩子和家长。时至今日，我仍然记得他们每个人神情里的焦虑和绝望。

这是一段我从来不曾开口向任何人讲述的经历。小时候的我总是很害怕被别人发现我总是背着一个支具，也曾经历过在机场过安检时当众脱下支具的尴尬和他人异样的眼光。青春期总是敏感的，特别是面对自己与他人的不同的时候。但每个人都是不一样的，而每个人的经历都造就了当下的自己。

现在回想起来，我特别感谢这段经历，并想把当时的情绪、心境记录下来。我之所以热爱影像这种媒介，就是因为它可以跨越时空，记录并保存一些珍贵的回忆。我希望能通过这样一个故事，与过去的自己做一个和解。

“Dive into the Blue” narrates the process of an adolescent exploring and reconciled with her own body after a spine surgery. The film also shows the dilemma of contemporary women of different age and cultural backgrounds.

A large part of the inspiration for the story came from my own life. The heroine suffers from scoliosis so badly that she needs surgery, and I myself have actually been a scoliosis sufferer for over 10 years. Though I haven’t received surgeries myself, I spent my adolescence in rehab. At that time, the general public in China did not have a high level of awareness of scoliosis, and the medical conditions were not particularly good, so I had to run to Beijing every holiday to see a doctor, standing naked in the cold basement in winter, and letting the doctors invert the film on my body to make a customized brace for me to wear 24 hours a day. In the hospital, I saw children and parents coming from all over the country to receive treatment. Till now, I can still remember the anxiety and desperation in each of their faces.

This is an experience that I have never told anyone about. When I was a child, I was always afraid that people would find out that I always carried a brace on my back, and I also experienced the embarrassment of taking off my brace in front of the public and the strange looks from others when I went through the security check at the airport. Adolescence is always sensitive, especially when faced with the differences between myself and others. But everyone is different, and everyone’s experiences make them who they are at the moment.

Looking back now, I am especially grateful for the experience and wanted to document the emotions and state of mind I was in. The reason why I love the medium of images is that it can record and preserve some precious memories across time and space. I hope to make a reconciliation with my past self through such a story.