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THE EXPERIENCE

We’re thrilled to present Mistress Dispeller, an intimate, emotionally charged documentary that pulls back the curtain on China’s rapidly growing “love industry,” where professionals are hired to break up affairs and rebuild marriages — by any means necessary.

With extraordinary access to a real unfolding case, the film reveals a love triangle from every angle: a husband drifting away, a wife fighting to keep her family together, a mistress navigating her own desires, and the woman hired to unravel it all. What emerges is a gripping portrait of desire, duty, and the complicated ways we love (and hurt) one another.

ON SCREEN: Mistress Dispeller

2024. Directed by Elizabeth Lo. Runtime: 94 minutes. 

In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession, a “mistress dispeller” who is hired to maintain the bonds of marriage — and break up affairs — by any means necessary. Offering strikingly intimate access to private dramas usually hidden behind closed doors, Mistress Dispeller follows a real, unfolding case of infidelity as Teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis. Their story shifts our sympathies between husband, wife and mistress to explore the ways emotion, pragmatism and cultural norms collide to shape romantic relationships in contemporary China.