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Political indifference to human rights is examined in Feng Xiaogang’s tale of a village woman’s search for justice in the bureaucracy of mainland China

Film review: I Am Not Madame Bovary – Fan Bingbing defies petty bureaucracy in dark satire

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Mexican jazz singer Magos Herrera making her Hong Kong debut at City Hall. Photos: Alfonso Rosales

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Akram Khan (left) in Until the Lions, which received its Asian debut at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre. Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez

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Jared Leto (right) and Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad.

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Konstantin Bessmertny with his artwork "Ride ", on show at the Ad Lib exhibition in Macau. Photos: May Tse

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Mexican jazz singer Magos Herrera making her Hong Kong debut at City Hall. Photos: Alfonso Rosales

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Akram Khan (left) in Until the Lions, which received its Asian debut at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre. Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez

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