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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • MUBI
  • 1 h 5 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • MUBI
  • 1 h 5 m
The Future Perfect

Summary Xiaobin recently arrived in Argentina from China. She tries on names in Spanish as if she were trying on costumes, to see which suits her. She tries out new gestures to give her new role a body. She speaks the language although she doesn’t master it until she has convinced herself about her speech. Meanwhile, she uses the film as a rehea...

Directed By: Nele Wohlatz

Written By: Pío Longo, Nele Wohlatz

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • MUBI
  • 1 h 5 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • MUBI
  • 1 h 5 m

The Future Perfect

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Summary Xiaobin recently arrived in Argentina from China. She tries on names in Spanish as if she were trying on costumes, to see which suits her. She tries out new gestures to give her new role a body. She speaks the language although she doesn’t master it until she has convinced herself about her speech. Meanwhile, she uses the film as a rehea...

Directed By: Nele Wohlatz

Written By: Pío Longo, Nele Wohlatz

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Universal Acclaim Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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90
Sep 13, 2017
Wohlatz’s sensitivity to language, the way it’s used and how the ability to express oneself literally changes the manner in which we deal with the world around us, is subtly yet rigorously demonstrated, not just with the words and tenses themselves but how they’re spoken.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
90
Sep 13, 2017
There is gentle comedy here, and a real rooting interest deriving from Ms. Zhang’s committed, never-a-false-note performance. The film’s unusual perspective makes it a distinctive and potentially enriching experience.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 13, 2017
With unpretentious formal rigor and a lighthearted deadpan, the film tracks Xiaobin’s development through self-reflexive escalation.
By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 13, 2017
It takes skill to successfully handle heavy issues with a light touch, but that's what German-born, Argentina-based writer-director Nele Wohlatz pulls off with her delightfully original documentary/fiction hybrid.
By Neil Young FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 13, 2017
The Future Perfect has the texture of a novella that keeps reworking the same idea in successively intricate ways.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Murillo Cine, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA)
Release Date Sep 15, 2017
Duration 1 h 5 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
AFI Fest
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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