The 75th edition of the Berlinale seemed set on breaking with stereotypes. Perhaps a shock to many, the Competition film that garnered the most laughs from its international audience was the sole German entry, What Marielle Knows. Even the decision to include Frédéric Hambalek’s sophomore feature and bench more established directors into...
Even with the presence of an underground heroin den, the most intriguing setting in Vivian Qu’s Girls on Wire is a sprawling film studio, where reality and performance blur but never quite merge narratively into a film-within-a-film. Instead, the cool-toned, behind-the-scenes set-up is where the film’s protagonist, Fang Di (Wen Qi), a...
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