Mistress Dispeller
'Mistress Dispeller' is a marvel: elegantly constructed, ethically created, and thought-provokingly humane.
-- Mashable
Mistress Dispeller
In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession and is hired to go undercover and break up affairs by any means necessary; a "mistress dispeller." Offering strikingly intimate access to a real, unfolding love triangle, Mistress Dispeller documents all sides of what is usually kept behind closed doors. As Teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis, sympathies shift between husband, wife and mistress while emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms collide in this spellbinding look at modern love.
"The ultimate 'How'd they shoot that?' film." —POV MAGAZINE
"A remarkably vulnerable film." —THE DAILY BEAST
"This level of intimacy and access is rare in any nonfiction film." —INDIEWIRE
"Modest, melancholic and strangely romantic." —VARIETY
"The ultimate 'How'd they shoot that?' film." —POV MAGAZINE
"A remarkably vulnerable film." —THE DAILY BEAST
"This level of intimacy and access is rare in any nonfiction film." —INDIEWIRE
"Modest, melancholic and strangely romantic." —VARIETY
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
94
Language
Mandarin
Director
Elizabeth Lo
Producer
Maggie Li,
Elizabeth Lo,
Emma D Miller
Writer(s)
Elizabeth Lo,
Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
Cast
Wang Zhenxi
Awards:
Nominee, Venice Horizons Award ~ Best Film, Venice Film Festival
Winner, Netpac Award, Venice Film Festival
Winner, Authors Under 40 Award ~ Best Director, Venice Film Festival
MOREOpening at
Monica Film Center on Nov 1st