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Keening Woman

2013 · 114 min

A slow, disorienting plunge into a woman's splintering mind, where memories blur and unease lingers long after.

Directed by: Rita Hui
Starring: Michelle Wai Si-nga, Carlos Chan Ka-lok, Ryan Lau Chun-kong

Overview: During a farewell ceremony for a family friend, Cotton begins feeling as if her body and her consciousness are separating. Different memories, identities and actions are lingering inside Cotton, which aggravate the unusual relationship between herself, her lame boyfriend and her psychiatrist.

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Directed by: Rita Hui
Starring: Michelle Wai Si-nga, Carlos Chan Ka-lok, Ryan Lau Chun-kong

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
memory
isolation
madness
love
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	4
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Directed by: Rita Hui
Written by: Rita Hui
Starring: Michelle Wai Si-nga, Carlos Chan Ka-lok, Ryan Lau Chun-kong, Joey Leung Wing-chung, Kathy Tong Yee
Runtime: 114 min
Languages: Cantonese

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