Elizabeth Lo, an Asian student in the West for a decade, heard several women say, ‘If I found out my spouse was cheating on me, I would file for divorce.’ Elizabeth, a Hong Kong native, believed most Eastern women disagreed. She soon discovered a growing Chinese love market with a new secret remedy for packed marriages. Why War uses Einstein and Freud’s writings to explain war’s savagery: Amos Gitai
Elizabeth, now a Hong Kong-based filmmaker, made her second film, a documentary on the recent Chinese practice of hiring a professional to remove a third party from a marriage, because of the stark contrast between Hollywood love and Asian love, which is tied to sacrifice and duty.
Elizabeth will launch her new film at the 81st Venice Film Festival on August 28 after nearly three years of hard research and traveling China to examine social transformation after its superpower ascent.
The Venice festival’s Orizzonti competition showcases the current artistic and expressive trends in world cinema, and Elizabeth’s Mistress Dispeller could be Asia’s equivalent to Mr. & Mrs. Smith, minus the gunfire, bombs, and home burning. Danish editor Charlotte Munch Bengtsen edited Shaunak Sen’s Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes.
