THE CALMING 平静 (Song Fang 2020)

A Chinese woman documentary filmmaker (Qi Xi) has broken up with her boyfriend. This film follows her as she quietly copes, and perhaps learns to appreciate being alone, while visiting Japan, admiring the snow in Niigata, returning home, spending time with friends, and takes comfort in a beautiful aria from Handel. A poetic, meditational sophomore film by the director whose first one, Memories Look at Me, was reviewed on Filmleaf as part of the 2012 NYFF.