The story that never ends

After a moment, she offers her answer. "Maybe a little stone," she says, smiling. "Or a small flower."

"When I first played Molly, I was focused on understanding the character," she says. "Now, I think more about the question she is asking. Every few years, my answer changes a little."

In the rehearsal room, Huang carries his camera everywhere and takes photos of the cast. He says that he has pursued this personal renewal through photography. In 2024, he rediscovered his love for film photography, a discipline that reconnects him with curiosity and counters the "middle-age situation".

For Huang, To Be Continued is a living reflection of his artistic journey and of China's evolving cultural landscape.

"Every rehearsal, every audience reaction, every sky I see reminds me that the story is never finished," he says. "And that's precisely the point."