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Stonewalling

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20-year-old Lynn is told she needs English classes, flight attendant school, and a go getter-attitude. She perseveres along this path of upward mobility until she finds out she’s pregnant. Indecisive and running out of time, she tells her boyfriend she's had an abortion and instead returns to her feuding parents and their failing clinic to try and figure out (if she can) what's next.

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Alison Willmore New York Magazine/Vulture 12/09/2023
Ji Huang and Ryûji Otsuka’s bleakly funny film has you aching for its 20-year-old protagonist Lynn (Honggui Yao) as much as you also feel exasperated with her naïveté. Go to Full Review Justin Chang Los Angeles Times 04/01/2023
[A] toughly observed, brutally honest movie... Go to Full Review Peyton Robinson RogerEbert.com 03/10/2023
3.5/4
“Stonewalling” is a moving, slow burn of a character study, as well as an examination of female stagnancy, personally and politically. Go to Full Review Ryan Swen Taipei Mansions Sep 5
What makes Huang and Otsuka’s approach much greater than a simple exposé of the dire state of modern China and/or capitalism in general is the middle ground they find. Go to Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension 06/05/2024
Stonewalling achieves the kind of heartbreaking summation of the world that comes along with any well-rounded understanding of its facts and realities. Go to Full Review James Marsh South China Morning Post 05/09/2024
3/5
It is not always an easy watch, and the gradual slide towards tragedy is as inevitable as it is painful to endure, but there can be no denying that Lynn’s story is all too common and one in desperate need of being acknowledged and addressed head-on. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Huang Ji

Director

Ryuji Otsuka

Director

Honggui Yao

Actor

Xiaoxiong Huang

Actor

Zilong Xiao

Actor

Huang Ji

Screenwriter

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Synopsis 20-year-old Lynn is told she needs English classes, flight attendant school, and a go getter-attitude. She perseveres along this path of upward mobility until she finds out she’s pregnant. Indecisive and running out of time, she tells her boyfriend she's had an abortion and instead returns to her feuding parents and their failing clinic to try and figure out (if she can) what's next.
Director
Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Producer
Ryuji Otsuka
Screenwriter
Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka
Distributor
KimStim
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 10, 2023, Limited
Runtime
2h 28m
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