Cannes 2024: An Unfinished Film review – Chinese director Lou Ye’s chaotic yet powerful drama about Covid lockdown in Wuhan

4/5 stars Set mostly within a fenced-off hotel in Wuhan during the Chinese city’s three-month, Covid-induced lockdown in early 2020, An Unfinished Film is chaotic in its form and stuttering in its storytelling. What would have been fatal flaws in other movies, however, turn out to be the strongest parts of mainland Chinese director Lou … Read more