Break Up Club

“I think . . . many people might not have experienced true love. But they must have been a dumper or a dumpee. So, I want to shoot a true . . . breakup story,” says director Barbara Wong (as “director Barbara Wong") about the plans for her new film. Moments later, recent dumpee Joe (Jaycee Chan, son of Jackie) arrives with just the kind of story she's looking for, a tale of a mysterious website, “Breakupclub.asia,” which will reunite estranged lovers-if one party agrees to break up a happy couple in exchange. Shot almost entirely in the first person, Break Up Club is less a commentary on the exploitation of the “reality television” phenomenon than a smart reflection of the very contemporary obsession with documenting our lives, and loves, on camera. Chronicling ups and downs that are at times comical and at others tear-jerking, Wong pinpoints the endearing mundanity of the everyday world of lovers-nagging, jealousy, and all.

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