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AwardedBestFirstFeatureattheLocarnoInternationalFilmFestival,German-ArgentiniannewcomerNeleWolatz’sTHEFUTUREPERFECTexploresfracturedrelationshipswithinculture,traditionandlanguageinthiswhimsicalromanticcomedy.XiaobinhasjustmovedtoArgentinatoreunitewithherfamily,whoownalaundromatinBuenosAires.Shefindsworkatanearbygrocerystore,butafterstrugglingtocommunicatewithcustomers,shebecomesdeterminedtolearnSpanish,enrollingingrouplanguagelessonsforChineseimmigrants.TheindependenceaffordedbylearningSpanishisoffsetbytheanxietyofbecomingfurtherenclosedinChineseculturethroughanarrangedmarriage,oralternately,acceptingtheproposalofcoworkerVijay,whohopestomarryherandtakehertolivewithhiminIndia.Aslessonsprogress,thesedecisionsareplacedonholdwhilethepossibilitiesposedbyArgentinaexpandwitheachnewtenselearned,providingaguidetohypotheticalfutures,hopes,fantasiesandfears.—MalinKan
