Curiosity Kills the Cat

Running time: 93 mins

United States Premiere

The siren song of the big city brings new opportunities and new possibilities for love and betrayal, deception, revenge and tragedy in director Zhang Yibai?s masterfully crafted ?psychodrama-cum-puzzle piece? set among five characters in Chongqing.

Yibai?s complexly structured film tells the same story from various viewpoints, beginning with Momo, an aspiring photographer with only a camera phone to her credit. Momo moved to the city and works at a camera store in front of a luxury high rise. From her perch, she observes the habits of the well-to-do. Everything seems pretty mundane, but then one day Momo scratches the surface and finds there are secrets beneath the rich veneer of her cliental. What ensues is an intricately layered and fascinating combination of a mystery, a thriller and a mesmerizing character drama that unfolds into surprising results.

Writer Huo Xin (co-writer of Kung Fu Hustle) and Director Yibai's modern China is a society that urges you to know your place. But when it comes to love across social and economic canyons, the film asks, is it better to chance it all on a long shot or be happy with what you have? The more Momo discovers, the more she wants to know, but remember the old adage ?curiosity kills the cat.? This film is a contemporary drama that explores the widening gap among the social classes of modern China.

Shaminder Dulai


This film has been presented by Jaman


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