Films

World premiered at the 73rdBerlin InternationalFilm Festival, “Mad Fate” is a story about fate –and the constant human attempt to subvert it. Ona rainy night, a master fortune-teller rushes to the aid of a prostitute whose death he has predicted.Unfortunately, he arrives minutes too late – just in time to see her last breath – and finds a young man, Siu Tung, staring at the young woman’s body in a morbid fascination. The Master has another vi-sion, in which he foresees Siu Tung’s next murder.Determined to defy everything and everyone to tryto prevent another death from occurring, the for-tune-teller embarks on a pursuit of the murderer, tothe point where he might even jeopardise his own mental sanity. Will it be possible to defeat the omnipotent force of fate? After being shown at more than12 festivals, it premieres in Portugal at MOTELX.