Stranger
One of China’s most exciting up-and-coming cinematic talents emerges in this dazzling series of long takes that investigate social, political, and economic identity in a bravura display that recalls Chantal Akerman or Béla Tarr.
Q&A with Zhengfan Yang on April 6 at 2:45pm (FLC) and April 8 at 8:45pm (MoMA)
A woman confesses on her livestream. Two men get interrogated by increasingly agitated police. Wedding photos are taken while the groom indulges a major secret. These and other scenarios unfold in Zhengfan Yang’s Stranger, which investigates China’s social, political, and economic identity through long takes that continually evolve, surprise, and dazzle. But Stranger is more than a bravura display to recall Chantal Akerman or Béla Tarr—its command of space and movement set the stage for an actor’s showcase and master class in narrative delineation that confirms Yang as one of China’s most exciting up-and-coming cinematic talents.
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