Moonlight Warrior 月光武士 China, 2023, colour, 16:9, 109 mins. Director: Hong Ying 虹影. Rating: 5/10. Decent but conventional light drama between a young teenage boy and an older woman, largely set in Chongqing during the mid-1970s. STORY Chongqing municipality, central China, 1976. In a hillside village 14-year-old schoolboy Dou Xiaoming (Zuo Hang) defends a mentally … Continue reading Review: Moonlight Warrior (2023) →
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