大清后宫2022
导演：艾什莉·麦肯齐
演员：Sarah Walker Ziyin Zheng Wendy Wishart Rony Robson Xue Yao Nidhin K.H. Jana Reddick Carl Getto Cherlena Sassi Brake Reg MacDonald
简介：Star,asuicidalteennowtoooldforfostercare,developsacandidrapportwithAn,astudentfromShanghaiwhoisassignedtowatchherwhilesheisinhospital.Anightlyexchangeofsecrets,textmessagesandpossessionsquicklyexpandstheboundariesoftheirrelationship,alteringtheirinnerchemistry. Gildedbyasoundscapethatinterweavesworkbyemergingandpioneeringelectronicmusicians,QueensoftheQingDynastyisanoffbeatodetoneurodiversityandgenderqueerindividualswhorefusetoconform.DirectorAshleyMcKenzie’sblendofformalismandgrittyrealismdoesnotfailtosurpriseandtreatstheaudiencetoflashesofvisualandconceptualpoetry.Hercastisentirelycomposedoffirst-timeactorswhoconvincinglyconveyhowuniqueeveryindividualis,bothinhowtheyseetheworldandhowtheyrelatetoothers.ZiyinZhengintheroleofAngraciouslyembodiesamixofidiosyncrasyandfranknessthatmakesthemanidealconfidanteforStar(SarahWalker).TheyhavewhatittakestobeonthereceivingendofthescrutinisinggazeofStar,whoseesthroughconventionsandneverceasestobeamazedatlife’sbewilderingevents.Veeringonslapstick,Walker’sperformancewillnotgounnoticed.