The main character doesn’t say a single line in the entire movie
Tale
The Chinese girl lives in silence to herself, celebrating the heyday of the Belle Epoque with song and dance. I never talk about the plot in my review, you can find it everywhere!
I watched this movie without knowing anything about it
So I thought, “Wow, he’s very clever, he uses a lot of old film stock to make it look like it was made 20 years ago,” and I thought, “Eh, this movie is much more experimental and artistic compared to his other movies.” I watched this movie because I really liked Mountain Might Depart, Ash Is Purest White, and A Touch of Sin. And this one feels more like a collection of scenes, different styles, all put together.
It has a dreamy, floating feel to it, it feels like a documentary, but it’s also fiction
But it works, mainly because Zhao Tao has this magical presence on screen, and you watch her, wondering what she’s going to do next. After finishing it, I went online to look at reviews and discovered that the film was made from footage that the director had previously shot.
So I definitely recommend this one
If you are watching this title, it means that you are already open and ready to watch something different than mainstream American films.