Zhou Yu’s Train - 2002 - 7/10
AKA - Zhou Yu de Huo Che // 周漁的火車

Zhou works as a painter in a porcelain factory.
Her boyfriend, Chen, she met by chance and she travels weekly to see.
While he has a government job, he wants to be a poet, a riskier career.
Their relationship is turbulent and uneasy; she is the dominant partner.
On the train journey, she meets another male, Zhang, a rural vet, who imposes himself.
Zhou is attracted to different qualities in each, and, like Madame Bovary, has difficulty deciding.
The chronology is non-linear, and much of this is dreamlike.
At times, I wondered how much was her imagination.
Arthouse fare, demands full attention, perhaps multiple views.