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Sisterhood, Survival and Stunt Work Explored in Vivian Qu’s Berlin Competition Film ‘Girls on Wire’: ‘I Let the Emotions Flow’
Berlin competition film 'Girls on Wire' explores sisterhood, survival and stunt work, following two cousins navigating hardship in a changing China.
Chinese auteur Vivian Qu ‘s latest drama “ Girls on Wire ” received an emotional response at its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, with audiences both laughing and weeping during the screening. An intimate portrait of two cousins navigating personal ambition and family obligations against the backdrop of China’s rapid social transformation, the drama, which is in the festival’s main competition, weaves together themes of independence, generational change, and the cost of pursuing one’s dreams. “Young female audiences nowadays in China really want to see films about women,” Qu says, noting that recent Lunar New Year blockbusters were predominantly male-led.
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