‘Mistress Dispeller,’ Elizabeth Lo’s Venice Documentary, Puts Love Triangle in the Hands of a Paid Disruptor: ‘Seductive Approach Was Compelling to Financiers’

A love triangle involving a middle-aged couple and a younger woman is exposed and scrutinized from every angle when a professional breakup agent is employed in Elizabeth Lo’s “Mistress Dispeller.” The Chinese-U.S. documentary, which plays in Venice’s Horizons section, is extraordinary for both the candor of the subjects and the film’s exceptional fly-on-the-wall setup. The […]