Wu Hongyan is a female bailiff in a regional court in West China dealing with women awaiting execution—more often than not, sentenced for crimes of passion. Every weekend, without much luck, she looks for love at the Good Luck Matchmaking dance, until she meets the husband of one of her prisoners.
Cinematography
Severe compositions that turn bureaucratic spaces into moral traps.
Acting
Liu Dan's face does what the script refuses to explain.
Direction
Diao's control of silence—every pause is a judgment.
Director
Diao Yinan
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