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Jet Lag

2023 · 1h 51m · Documentary

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for intimate, experimental filmmaking that captures a strange historical moment with unexpected humanity. Xinyuan's personal essay format and that tonal whiplash from eerie quarantine imagery to playful bed gymnastics suggests genuine artistry worth discovering, even without the critical consensus to back it up.

Plot

Xinyuan films in her personal essay film Jet Lag is her trip from Vienna to China. The hazmat suits on the aeroplane and the layers of tape sealing off each room in the quarantine hotel conjure up images of crime scenes or medical thrillers, although once she does gymnastics on the bed, the mood immediately shifts.

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