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An Unfinished Film

2024 · 107 min

A slow, quietly tense immersion into creative work disrupted by real-world crisis, blending documentary-like realism with emotional weight.

Directed by
Lou Ye
Genres
Drama
Starring
Qin Hao, Mao Xiaorui, Qi Xi
Overview
A film crew gathers in a hotel near Wuhan to resume production of a film that was interrupted ten years earlier, but an unexpected event once again disrupts the preparations.

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Directed by
Lou Ye
Genres
Drama
Starring
Qin Hao, Mao Xiaorui, Qi Xi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • isolation
  • art
  • survival
  • trauma
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lou Ye
Written by
Lou Ye, Ma Yingli
Starring
Qin Hao, Mao Xiaorui, Qi Xi, Liang Ming, Huang Xuan, Zhang Songwen, Zeng Jian
Cinematography
Zeng Jian
Runtime
107 min
Country
Germany, Singapore
Languages
Mandarin

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