Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke • 2016 • China
Starring Han Sanming, Jindong Liang, Yuan Wenqian
Jia Zhang-Ke finds wry tragicomedy and sharp social insight in the story of unemployed Shanxi coal miners whose search for work leads them to surprising places.
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Ash Is Purest White
Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke • 2018 • China
Starring Zhao Tao, Liao Fan, Diao YinanVisionary director Jia Zhang-Ke’s mesmerizing, decade-plus spanning journey through China’s criminal underworld features a tour-de-force performance from his frequent star Zhao Tao as Zhao Qiao, the swaggering girlfr...
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Xiao Shan Going Home
Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke • 1995 • China
Starring Wang Hongwei, Dong Shuzhe, Yao ShengJia Zhang-Ke’s raw yet revelatory student film—in many ways a precursor to his debut feature XIAO WU—stars his frequent on-screen alter ego Wang Hongwei as a young, aimless cook drifting through encounters in B...
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Revive
Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke • 2017 • China
Starring Zhao Tao, Liang JingdongJia Zhang-Ke’s contribution to the omnibus feature WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE? follows a couple contemplating whether to have another child in the wake of the Chinese government’s newly established second-child policy.
