Documentary

Mistress Dispeller 驱魔女主人

Elisabeth Lo

2024

Venice Film Festival - Author Under 40 Award & NETPAC (Network for the
Promotion of Asian Cinema) Award
Chicago International Film Festival - Gold Hugo Award for Best Documentary

In China, a new profession helps couples survive infidelity. Wang Zhenxi, a “mistress dispeller,” is hired to save marriages — and end affairs — by any means necessary. Mistress Dispeller offers intimate access to a real, unfolding case of betrayal, following Wang as he navigates the emotional and cultural complexities of love, loyalty, and desire in contemporary China.

Sphinx Cinema

Sunday 15 March

17:30

94 min

Genre: Documentary

Mandarin

Subtitles: English

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About the Director

Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning director, producer, and cinematographer whose documentaries have screened at Venice, TIFF, Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA, and MoMA. Featured in Filmmaker’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40,” she has received fellowships from Locarno, NYFF, Yaddo, MacDowell, and Concordia Studio, and was part of the 2024 Gotham/HBO Documentary Development Initiative.