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In Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night — and possibly her life.
+ MoreIn Hong Kong, a young woman haunted by visions of her future self meets a stranger who changes the course of her night — and possibly her life.
Kogonada plays with — and returns to — form in this sensitive cinematic poem. Held within a stylish jaunt through the streets of Hong Kong, zi is a film with soul and a wavelike confidence that commits to recursivity as a mode and central theme. Kogonada regulars Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha carefully portray transitory misfits, grappling with a clever fusion of existential anxiety, romantic misgiving, and personal memory.
Somewhere between sci-fi and supernatural, a deep, easy warmth takes root. Following Columbus (2017 Sundance Film Festival), After Yang (2020 Sundance Film Festival), and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, Kogonada crafts a decidedly contained film, exploring a pervasive sense of unmooring, yet cultivating an unrelenting sense of peace. Through the igniting/smoldering embers of relationships lost/forming, zi is an invitation to surrender to Kogonada’s truly indie world of temporal fragmentation. — CA
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).
Kogonada
Kogonada
Chung An
Christopher Radcliff
Benjamin Loeb
Kogonada
Haley Lu Richardson
Michelle Mao
Jin Ha
Michelle Mao
Haley Lu Richardson
Jin Ha
Chung An
zifilmhk7@gmail.com
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Kogonada is a writer and director. His first feature, Columbus, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017.
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