Narrative Feature
2015
La Marcheuse (She Walks)

Aiyu Lin is an illegal Chinese prostitute in the streets of Belleville in Paris.She lives with Cherry, her teenage daughter in the apartment of Kieffer, a septuagenarian bedridden in her care in exchange for accommodation.She carefully hides her business from her daughter.

Their life changes when one night, a stranger suddenly enters the home.Injured Daniel is pursued by men to whom he owes money.It forces Lin Aiyu to stash the money without the knowledge of the old owner. Sometimes abductor, now prisoner, Daniel started as a threat, but Aiyu Lin now sees an opportunity to seize.Lin Aiyu offers him a proposal. A struggle starts between them in which power and desire mingle.

Credits

Director: 
Nael Marandin
Country: 
France
Runtime: 
80 minutes
Film Collection: 
CARNAL

Schedule

Maiden Alley Cinema
Friday, November 6, 2015 - 7:00pm