Dou

A quiet, haunting short that drifts between domestic dread and folkloric strangeness, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by

Jing Zhao

Genres

Drama, Fantasy

Starring

Zhao Zhengda, Zhou Mo

Tagline

Dou is a contemporary adaptation of a Chinese folktale from the 18th-century tale collection Liaozhai.

Overview

In 2023 China, as the pandemic ends and societal pressures rise, a young piano teacher, suffering abuse from her dictatorial husband, transforms into a fox and begins to haunt the spaces of the living.

How it feels

Dark, melancholic, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Isolation, identity, trauma, power

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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