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Directed by Jia Zhangke
2015, China, 131 min
Mandarin, English, Cantonese w/English subtitles
Jia Zhangke, one of China’s contemporary master directors has created a deeply personal story, which is both intimate and epic. The film is set in contemporary China in the years 1999, 2014 and 2025 during a period of increased globalization. It begins in 1999 with the story of a romantic triangle: Shen Tao, a singer and dance instructor, must choose between gas station owner Jinsheng and coal miner Liangzi. She marries Jingsheng. By 2014 they are divorced and their son Dollar is cared for by Jinsheng. The film leaps ahead to 2025 in Australia, where 19-year-old Dollar lives. He no longer speaks Chinese and can barely communicate with his now bankrupt father. He attempts to reconnect with this past but all that he remembers of his mother is her name.
