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 Dong Bei province. But once in Europe, nothing goes as planned. Forced to repay her debts, Lina becomes inevitably tangled in her own web of lies.
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- Cast
- Qi Xi
- Wang Xi
- Geng Le
- Zeng Meihuizi
- Screenplay
- Maarten Loix
- Olivier Meys
- Cinematography
- Benoît Dervaux
- Editing
- Ewin Ryckaert
- Music
- Eric Bribosia
- Jens Bouttery
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- LOCO FILMS
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- MILLE ET UNE FILMS
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- P.S. PRODUCTIONS
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- TARANTULA BELGIQUE
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Belgian director Olivier Meys turns his attention to the exploitation of Chinese women in Europe in this well-acted, low-key drama.
Olivier Meys
Belgium
Olivier Meys is a Belgian filmmaker and screenwriter. In 2000, he graduated from the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Belgium) with a degree in radio and film directing. Meys has made several short films and documentaries, including DANS A DISAPPEARANCE FORETOLD (2008), which won him the SCAM Award at Cinéma du Réel in 2008, and the radio documentary THE FEVER (2001), for which he was awarded the Grand prix SCAM at the 2003 Radiophonic Festival. Meys’s feature film debut, BITTER FLOWERS (2017), about a young Chinese woman who leaves behind her son and husband and moves to Paris in search of a better future, premiered at Busan International Film Festival and won the Magritte Award for Best First Feature.
