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2019 2h 4m Documentary List
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Weaving together footage filmed and broadcasted by little-known Chinese live-streaming anchors, who struggle with real-life face-to-face social interaction because of their identity, disability and social-economic status, this cinematic collage explores how individuals satisfy their cravings for human connection through virtual togetherness, and how these virtual relationships challenge standard definitions of companionship.

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Kevin Maher Times (UK) Yet mostly these are the compassionate, optimistic voices of the marginalised (no preening YouTube stars here) that speak of the need to connect in an alienated world. Rated: 3/5 Jan 24, 2020 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian [An] interesting and at times eerie documentary... Rated: 3/5 Jan 22, 2020 Full Review Matt Turner Little White Lies Zhu shows how individuals can author their own narratives, and the power of community. Rated: 4/5 Jan 20, 2020 Full Review Steve Erickson Screen Slate While it drags in its final third and might have benefited from being a bit shorter, Present.Perfect. continues the Chinese documentary tradition of films like Disorder, showing a country of people doing their best to get by. Feb 26, 2021 Full Review Laura DeMarco Cleveland Plain Dealer Can these Frenchmen and women find the redemption of Victor Hugo's characters? Ly provides no easy answers in his humane, poetic and shattering film. Rated: A Jan 22, 2020 Full Review Matt Cipolla The Spool It makes for an unexpectedly cinematic experience, and I'm curious to have it drag me across the web when I watch it on my laptop in the future. Jan 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Weaving together footage filmed and broadcasted by little-known Chinese live-streaming anchors, who struggle with real-life face-to-face social interaction because of their identity, disability and social-economic status, this cinematic collage explores how individuals satisfy their cravings for human connection through virtual togetherness, and how these virtual relationships challenge standard definitions of companionship.
Director
Shengze Zhu
Producer
Wang Yang, Zhengfan Yang
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 28, 2021
Runtime
2h 4m