As a young Spaniard of Chinese origin, I am part of a
generation that has grown up without references in
Spanish fiction that go beyond clichés and stereotypes
about Chinese reality and culture. From this absence of
references comes the need to tell a story like Three Ages,
a film about the Chinese community that shows the
different perspectives of a family of three generations in
three eras living in Barcelona. However, Three Ages is not
a portrait of just any ordinary family, it is a personal story,
a tribute to the women in my family: my mother, my aunt,
my sister and, especially, my grandmother.
Three Ages is cheerful, tender, festive, with touches of
humour, but there are also anger, miscommunication,
frustration and loneliness. There is a bittersweet taste,
as one would say in Chinese, 酸 甜 苦 辣 Suan Tian Ku La
(sour, sweet, bitter and spicy), all the flavours of life.