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Mar 28, 2018 · Bitter Flowers: Directed by Olivier Meys. With Xi Qi, Wang Xi, Chloe Maayan, Le Geng. Lina, an ambitious young woman, leaves her husband and son in China to go to Paris to build a brighter future for them.
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- Olivier Meys
- 2018-03-28
Bitter Flowers is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Olivier Meys in his directorial debut. It was written by Meys with Maarten Loix. The film had its world premiere at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival.
Co-written with Maarten Loix, “Bitter Flowers” is an independent Belgium-Switzerland-France-China co-production exposing the very real phenomenon – which has been increasing exponentially since the early 2000s – of Chinese women being lured into fake promises of easy earning in European countries.
Mar 28, 2018 · Bitter Flowers is a Belgian director's debut feature film that follows the journey of a young Chinese woman who goes to Paris to earn money for her family and ends up in the sex industry. The film explores the themes of immigration, lies, and the need to save face in contemporary China.
- Aurore Engelen
Oct 24, 2017 · In the grand tradition of contemporary Chinese independent cinema, a woman heads to the big city to make her fortune in the new economic world order and is eventually forced to resort to ...
Bitter Flowers is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Olivier Meys in his directorial debut. It was written by Meys with Maarten Loix. The film had its world premiere at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival.
Synopsis. Lina, an ambitious young woman, leaves her husband and son in China to go to Paris to build a brighter future for them. But once there...
