Mistress Dispeller

Elizabeth Lo China, United States 2024 94 min.

Wang Zhenxi is a professional 'mistress dispeller'. She is hired by a woman who discovered her husband is unfaithful. Not to catch her husband in the act and thus facilitate a divorce, but to make sure the affair ends and the marriage is saved. This multi-award-winning documentary follows a real case of infidelity and broken love with unprecedented intimate access. 

To ensure the privacy of the family involved and the anonymity of the ‘mistress dispeller’ for her other assignments, this documentary will not be screened in China. But elsewhere, the film offers an unprecedented intimate insight into a love triangle and the unusual profession of a mistress dispeller. Why would someone want to save a marriage at any cost? And why would anyone put it on the line? Filmed against the beautiful landscapes of China, the viewer's sympathy shifts back and forth between husband, wife and mistress, and universal questions concerning fidelity, respect and expectations are explored. 

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