An Unfinished Film

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An Unfinished Film

2024

1h 45m

Drama

Documentary

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10 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

January 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.

Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

It’s the ominous build-up to the lockdown that has the characteristic urgency, tension, and suspense associated with Lou Ye’s cinema. It is the part that is gripping, involving as well as emotionally exhausting—that feeling of being trapped...

Sep 24, 2024

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

Nostalgic docufiction that morphs into a lockdown thriller.

Jun 1, 2024

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is an utterly unique and very important movie about Covid, the crisis that affected all of us.

Rated: 5/5

May 17, 2024

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Vicky Huang

In Review Online

An astute Covid film finds ways to express the individual hardships faced during the pandemic, while also being mindful that the precaution was rooted in collective care: An Unfinished Film certainly fails on this front.

Sep 16, 2024

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Zhuo-Ning Su

Awards Daily

A fascinating formal hybrid that deals with censorship, COVID and civil courage. It’s the work of a group of fearless artists that gives you rare insights into the challenges faced by creatives in China today.

Jun 12, 2024

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

Layers and more layers. Detours, mutations, and new challenges. Filmmaking in all its variants and dimensions. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

May 21, 2024

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Synopsis

January 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.

Director: Ye Lou
Producer: Philippe Bober, Yingli Ma, Ma Yingli
Screenwriter: Ye Lou, Yingli Ma, Ma Yingli
Production Co: Yingfilms, Essential Filmproduktion
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Original Language: Chinese
Runtime: 1h 45m