Isabelle Huppert immersed in an immersive experience in Flora Lau’s dazzling second feature
In Chongqing, Wei is desperately searching for his daughter Fa, while in Paris, Hong Kong-based gallerist Ren reconnects with his gravely ill stepmother Sabine (played by Isabelle Huppert). Their separate journeys converge in Luz, a fascinating virtual reality world inhabited by a mystical deer.
In Luz, virtual reality becomes a metaphor for broken or lost connections, and a strong desire to reconnect. Driven by immersive visual aesthetics and performances of Isabelle Hupert and Sandrine Pinna, Flora Lau’s second feature offers a profound reflection on isolation and hope.
« Flora Lau keeps us suspended in a state of awed anticipation. Even as her intentions are to nudge us back into real life, the images flickering on screen continue to hold us rapt. »
Elizabeth Weitzman TheWrap 23/01/2025
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Flora Lau is a Hong-Kong based director, screenwriter, and editor, who trained at Columbia University and London Film School. After several acclaimed short films, her first feature-film, Bends (2013) premiered at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, was selected for numerous international festivals where it received several awards. Her second feature, Luz, premiered at Sundance 2025.
