Unless one is very lucky, when we all shuffle off this mortal coil, there will always be something left unfinished. Whether it is art we were hoping to make, experiences we never got to have or people we wanted to tell we loved one more time, death brings with it the reality we won’t get to do everything we wanted. We are united by how we all will leave something unfinished.
In “An Unfinished Film,” the latest from Chinese filmmaker Lou Ye, this feeling informs the process of making a movie and surviving a pandemic. The two are brought together when a 2020 production is disrupted by the initial outbreak, sending everyone into quarantine in a hotel where they are disconnected from their loved ones.
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