Review: Li Yuhe’s ABSURD ACCIDENT Is A Lively Expedition Into Haphazard Adulting
Culminating an intricately woven plot from debut writer/director Li Yuhe, Absurd Accident has plenty going for itself in the unimaginable, silly and darkly comedic as intended. The story itself uses the zig-zag routine, challenging you to follow along with each chapter as it unfolds with each terrible decision, plot twist and point of calamity. The peculiar events that occur here are set in a small rural town, and begin within the confines of a small scale hotel owned by Baiwan (Chen Xuxi), and his wife, Lilian (Gao Ye). Baiwan has been seeing a Chinese medicinal doctor to help regain his male vitality, but all it does is cause him to have dreams. His latest dream, however, opens the flood gates to a nightmare scenario gone haywire when he begins suspecting that his wife has been cheating. Taking the word of his doctor, Jianxiao (Cao Rui), Baiwan follows the canard to […]
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