Released 16 SEPTEMBER
ANTICIPATION.
A respectable response from when it premiered at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival. 3
ENJOYMENT.
Very slow and detailed, but comes together beautifully in the end. 3
IN RETROSPECT.
It’s a film which is making the right people angry. 4
raconian censorship laws in China mean that it’s rare is an intriguing case, as it was initially deemed acceptable for cinemas, but was eventually pulled and banned for the crime of depicting rural life in China in a drastic and forbidding light. Acknowledging hardscrabble poverty, it seems, is a big no-no.
