Movie
Bitter Flowers
2018 · 96 min
A quiet, crushing descent into compromise, watching hope erode under the weight of survival and lies.
- Directed by
- Olivier Meys
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Qi Xi, Xi Wang, Chloe Maayan
- Overview
- Thirtysomething Chinese-born Lina borrows money to move to Paris to save up money to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams, leaving behind her husband and son in Liaoning province. But once in Europe, nothing goes as planned, and she is forced into a line of work she never would have imagined. When her flighty sister-in-law shows up on her doorstep, Lina becomes inevitably tangled in her own web of lies.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, survival, deception, guilt
- Content
- Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Olivier Meys
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Qi Xi, Xi Wang, Chloe Maayan
