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  5. 局外人

局外人

Stranger
Yang Zhengfan, USA, China, Netherlands, Norway, France 2024, 113 Min., Mandarin, Cantonese, English with English subtitles

Stranger unfolds through ten mesmerizing vignettes set in hotel rooms, sites of transience and quiet tension. These spaces host stories of connection and disconnection, from a housekeeper’s unseen labor to a couple’s tense immigration interview. The film explores themes of migration, alienation, and identity with precise cinematography, capturing the quiet chaos of being a stranger everywhere—and perhaps nowhere at all. (CiLENS)