Watched China's 2022 _Lost in the Stars_ (2:01:03). Set in a fictional country in Southeast Asia (which could very well be the Philippines because of its hotel, casino, beach, and scuba diving motifs--and a mall dressing room with a trapdoor), it is about He Fei, whose wife Li Muzi has been missing for 15 days, and who wakes up one night to find a strange woman claiming to be his wife beside him. He hires the services of a lawyer, Shen Man, to unravel the mystery that surrounds him.
This is a love story, a detective story, and a thriller rolled into one, with totally unexpected twists and a spectacular, perhaps too spectacular, ending. It has a delightfully complex screenplay, though, is well directed and well-performed, and has excellent camerawork.
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