Cinetopia DOC: Mistress Dispeller + prerecorded Q&A
Come along to Cinetopia's next DOC screening: Mistress Dispeller by Elizabeth Lo at Filmhouse on 17th September, followed by a pre-recorded Q&A with Lo!
About Cinetopia DOC: Mistress Dispeller + prerecorded Q&A
| 17th September 2025 | |
| 5.45pm | |
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Filmhouse 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh West EH3 9BZ |
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| £5 - £12 | |
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In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession, a “mistress dispeller” who is hired to maintain the bonds of marriage - and break up affairs - by any means necessary. Offering strikingly intimate access to private dramas usually hidden behind closed doors, Mistress Dispeller follows a real, unfolding case of infidelity as teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis. Their story shifts our sympathies between husband, wife and mistress to explore the ways emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.
Cinetopia:DOC is a monthly documentary club bringing audiences together to watch, discuss and connect around the documentary genre and craft.
We screen exceptional documentary films alongside filmmaker Q&As or conversations as well as offer a space afterwards for continued discussion and networking in the Filmhouse Bar.
Cinetopia:DOC is supported by Film Hub Scotland, part of the BFI's Film Audience Network, and funded by Screen Scotland and National Lottery funding from the BFI and the Scottish Documentary Institute and produced by Cinetopia, a hub of activity around filmgoing and filmmaking based in Edinburgh.
www.cinetopia.co.uk/doc
www.filmhouse.org.uk/movie/mistress-dispeller
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