The Future Perfect

2016

1h 5m

Drama

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A Chinese girl emigrates to Argentina. Unable to speak Spanish, she works in a Chinese grocery store to raise money for language lessons.

Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

[Nele] Wohlatz offers a perceptive, empathetic, very tender picture of how it might feel to be an 18-year-old Chinese woman arriving in Buenos Aires and working to carve out a new independent life and identity.

Mar 8, 2018

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

There is gentle comedy here, and a real rooting interest deriving from Ms. Zhang's committed, never-a-false-note performance. The film's unusual perspective makes it a distinctive and potentially enriching experience.

Sep 13, 2017

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Aaron Hillis

Village Voice

Each neorealist story thread doubles as a case study for how our ever-shrinking world redefines culture and communication, but played as a downbeat comedy of misunderstandings in which Xiaobin mimics Buster Keaton's expressionless disenchantment.

Sep 13, 2017

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Justine Smith

Vague Visages

As we take for granted the ease of our own native tongue, we are perhaps ignoring its full potential.

Jun 5, 2024

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Brigid Presecky

FF2 Media

The Future Perfect (also known as El Futuro Perfecto) is a charming, honest portrayal of the human's ability to adapt.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 17, 2019

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Joule Zelman

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

The charm of this experimental film lies in its intellectual complexity, its lack of pretension, and the obvious intelligence and strength of Xiaobin-the character and the real woman.

Jan 12, 2018

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Synopsis

A Chinese girl emigrates to Argentina. Unable to speak Spanish, she works in a Chinese grocery store to raise money for language lessons.

Director: Nele Wohlatz
Producer: Cecilia Salim, Nele Wohlatz
Screenwriter: Nele Wohlatz, Pio Longo
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 5m