China / 2006 / 107min.
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Director: |
JIA Zhang-ke
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Distributor in Japan: |
Bitters End
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Introduction: |
Leading Chinese director JIA Zhang-ke's masterpiece. Screened at the Venice Film Festival in a surprise late competition slot, "Still Life" went on to win the Golden Lion, receiving worldwide attention. Set in a town near the Three Gorges Dam construction site, the film depicts changes in Chinese society through the stories of a man who visits his estranged wife and child of 16 years, and a woman's search for her husband who has been out of contact for two years. |
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Still Life / 三峡好人
