A College Student and His Grieving Dorm Manager Share a Forbidden Bond in Tokyo Competition Title ‘The Night That Binds Us’
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Chinese director Wang Jiangyong keeps the camera at a distance in his feature debut “The Night That Binds Us,” which world premiered in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival, observing the uneasy connection between a college student and an older dormitory manager. “I think you have to show the painful parts truthfully for the
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A College Student and His Grieving Dorm Manager Share a Forbidden Bond in Tokyo Competition Title ‘The Night That Binds Us’
Chinese director Wang Jiangyong keeps the camera at a distance in his feature debut “The Night That Binds Us,” which world premiered in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival, observing the uneasy connection between a college student and an older dormitory...
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