Bitter Flowers (2018)
Thirtysomething Chinese-born Lina borrows money to move to Paris to save up money to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams, leaving behind her husband and son in Liaoning province. But once in Europe, nothing goes as planned, and she is forced into a line of work she never would have imagined. When her flighty sister-in-law shows up on her doorstep, Lina becomes inevitably tangled in her own web of lies.
- Date of release
- 2018-03-28
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Olivier Meys
Casting
- Qi Xi — Lina
- Xi Wang — Li Yumei
- Chloe Maayan — Dandan
- Geng Le — Xiadong
- Qu Gaowei — Gaofei
- Sâm Mirhosseini — Client de prostitué
Interesting facts
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. It was later screened at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival before its theatrical release.
Production
Filming took place in China, Paris and Rennes.
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