So Here’s What Happened

The Toronto International Film Festival celebrated its return to fully in-person festivities, and Carolyn had a great time screening interesting and thought-provoking films such as The Hotel, by Chinese filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai, starring Ning Yuanyuan, Ye Du, Qu Ying and Huang Xiaolei.

In this episode, Carolyn spoke to Wang about the way his film uses minimal aesthetics to create an atmosphere of loneliness and isolation for his characters, that any viewer would relate to, as the film portrays how being in lockdown is a universal phenomenon any viewer can relate to in this day and age.

Lead by Ning Yuanyuan in her debut lead role as Sova, a 19-year-old struggling to come to terms with a rapidly changing world, The Hotel is from her perspective as she prepares to become 2O, the hotel is intriguing with an ending that’ll make you gasp.

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