Fresh
Segre's film captures the misty elision of land and sea in the Veneto lagoon and how it perfectly expresses the characters' yearning placelessness.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
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Shun Li and the Poet
Overview
A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.
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94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There is not much happiness in the lives of these two people, but they have each other.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
A thin but attractively opalescent immigrant study, prioritizing exquisite, atmospheric detail over the bigger picture.
Guy Lodge, Variety
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