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THE FUTURE PERFECT
El futuro perfecto
Synopsis
The young Chinese immigrant Xiaobin arrives in Argentina without a word of Spanish, yet she already has a new name, Beatriz, and a job in a supermarket. As she tries to find her way through the contradictions of her new life, she meets Vijay. Through him, she begins to see her future differently.
Synopsis
The young Chinese immigrant Xiaobin arrives in Argentina without a word of Spanish, yet she already has a new name, Beatriz, and a job in a supermarket. As she tries to find her way through the contradictions of her new life, she meets Vijay. Through him, she begins to see her future differently.
Our take
It’s not very often a film is conceptually clever and modest at the same time. German-born, Argentina-based Nele Wohlatz has made a resolutely humble comedy about the possibilities of language. Unassumingly smart, it captures what being an immigrant feels like with irresistible warmth and empathy.