Jia Zhangke

Ash Is Purest White

Admin — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Set in China’s underworld, this tale of love and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend during a fight. On release from prison 5 years later, she sets out to find him.

Mountains May Depart

Admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

I Wish I Knew

Admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

24 City

Admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called “24 CITY”. Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History of China.

Platform

Admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0000

The movie is set in the remote chinese province of Fenyang, and spans the turbulent 1980s by following four performers in the state-run Peasant Culture Group. We see the group evolve from workers that are restricted to approved revolutionary classics that praise Chairman Mao, through performance of western classics, after china adopts an ‘open door’ policy, and the effects on their lives.

Pickpocket

Admin — Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Little pocket thief Wu never got away from the streets like his friends did. He realises that he is alone, as his old buddy doesn’t invite him for his wedding. When he falls in love with a hooker he is forced to think about his future. Can he break with his criminal past?