Green Night
Asian Cinema
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Drama, LGBT, Crime
Trapped in a cycle of oppression, Chinese immigrant Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing) works in customs at South Korea's Incheon Airport, where she encounters a mysterious green-haired girl (Lee Joo-young) acting suspiciously at the security checkpoint. Overcome by the unspoken attraction between them, she takes the enigmatic stranger home only to uncover her involvement in a deadly drug trafficking ring. After the two end up killing Xia's abusive husband, the pair go on the run, but when Xia returns to the crime scene to retrieve the drugs the green-haired girl left behind, their plans for finding freedom together take a dangerous turn.
“Thelma & Louise meets Blue is the Warmest Color” in Han Shuai's female-led, neo-noir thriller, which features international megastar Fan Bingbing in a daring performance that “ranks as one of the most rugged in her career” (South China Morning Post).
DIRECTED BY HAN SHUAI
HONG KONG | 2023 | KOREAN & MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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