THE FUTURE PERFECT

Xiaobin, jeune immigrante chinoise, tente de trouver sa propre voie au jour le jour à Buenos Aires, jungle de contradictions.

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.