Untitled Mistress Dispeller Project

Institute History

  • 2023 Producers Lab

Description

Wang Zhenxi works as a “mistress dispeller” in China, hired to break up extramarital affairs and save marriages in crisis. With intimate access to private lives usually hidden from view, the film follows Wang and her lovelorn clients, exploring how class, capital, and cultural norms shape modern romantic relationships.

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