Touch

Fei Fei, a married Caucasian western woman meets Bai Yu, a Chinese blind masseur. When they come together in an intense love affair they find the demons they've created implode in a clash of violent impulses.

  • ABOUT
  • BIO
Fei Fei is a Western woman living an affluent, cosseted existence as the wife of Chinese executive Zhang Hua in a small resort town in China. But she feels deeply alienated from the country she loves, her friends and husband. Almost as quickly as she starts an affair with a blind masseur, she withdraws, leaving her lover obsessive, possessive, and possessed. The demons they’ve created finally implode in a clash of mixed desires and violent impulses.

Aleksandra Szczepanowska is a Polish-born, New York–based writer-director. Her debut feature TOUCH, a Mandarin-language romantic thriller shot in China, was distributed by HBO Europe and received multiple Best Feature awards. Working across narrative and hybrid forms, her films explore sensuality, perception, and the instability of identity through a precise, visually-driven language. She has recently completed a slate of short films now entering the international festival circuit, alongside several feature projects in development. She teaches screenwriting at the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts.