Ling is a perpetual victim. And Chen doesn't give her many interesting options.

a portrait of a repressed and oppressed woman learning to chip away at her invisible confines, and within that is a story of generations; the end of life and the beginning of life, and the often messy complexities of everything that happens in between.

Chen's moody-looking feature, set during the monsoon season, aches with repression. It's also as outraged as "Promising Young Woman" over how men mistreat women.

Wet Season is a quietly troubling, beautifully composed piece of work.