
Stonewalling
Director: Huang Ji, Ryuji Otsuka Run Time: 148 min. Rating: Not rated Release Year: 2022 Language: Chinese
Starring: Yao Honggui
Lynn is a 20-year-old college student who finds herself isolated in a family scandal at the heart of a medical clinic when a father loses his premature child and accuses Lynn’s family of negligence and calls in the local mob for compensation.
In Hunanese with English subtitles
Screen International by Wendy Ide
“An engrossing and thoughtful portrait of contemporary China.”
indieWire by Steph Green
“STONEWALLING offers a precise view of a particular kind of Gen Z ennui.”
ICS by Marc van de Klashorst
“STONEWALLING is testament to the idea that to build a compelling narrative one does not have to rely on excessive dramatic gesture.”
Slant Magazine by Sam C. Mac
“STONEWALLING is an attentive, engaged character study, an uncommonly candid women’s picture, and a film of dense and considered sociopolitical implications.”