At first glance, Zhai Yixiang’s “Mosaic Portrait” looks like it pursues the same semi-journalistic agenda as so much social-issue cinema: Xu Ying (Zhang Tongxi), a 14-year-old girl from a rural Chinese village, is discovered to be pregnant, and names one of her schoolteachers as the father. Ying’s father, Xu Guangjun (Wang Yanhui) — a frequently absent migrant worker — along with school authorities and visiting reporter Jia (Wang Chuanjun), who takes an interest in the case, attempt to piece together the truth of the situation. They are all excessively concerned with Ying’s predicament, yet somehow unable to conceive of Ying’s place within it, and so the men tussle over the sullen teen like dogs over a bone, vying with each other without ever really looking at her.
And for a time, it seems that director Zhai will do the same. Ying is initially depicted, in Dp Wang Weihua’s steady,...
And for a time, it seems that director Zhai will do the same. Ying is initially depicted, in Dp Wang Weihua’s steady,...
- 7/8/2019
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
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