Wisdom Tooth

Gu Xi faces an uncertain future. Her job as a hotel maid is threatened because of her status as an undocumented citizen and her relationship with her brother Gu Liang - her only family - is unsettled by the arrival of a new girlfriend. Meanwhile, an oil spill taints the coastal waters of the nearby Yellow Sea and corruption seeps into the community of the small East China fishing town where Gu Xi and her brother scrape a living.

“Slippery and surprising, full of odd details and insights, and leaching significant visual and thematic texture from its unusual setting, Liang Ming’s Wisdom Tooth must be one of the year’s most remarkable debuts.” - Jessica Kiang, Variety.

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