Touch of Sin

Jia Zhang-ke20132h 10mAction, Crime, Drama

Why we chose it

Jia Zhangke took four true stories straight from the news, about a miner, a man with a gun, a spa receptionist and a young assembly-line worker, and won the screenplay award at Cannes in 2013. China gave the film a release date, but the censors made sure that day never came.

Synopsis

For years Dahai has been telling anyone in Shanxi province who will listen that the village bosses sold off the mine and pocketed the money. Across three other Chinese provinces, three other people reach much the same conclusion: a worker heading home for the New Year, a spa receptionist and a young man drifting from factory to factory. Four people in four provinces, all living inside the same economic giant.

Information

Director
Jia Zhang-ke
Cast
Also known as
Tian Zhu Ding
Production year
2013
Decade
2010s
Duration
2h 10m
Genre
ActionCrimeDrama
Festivals & Awards
Language
Mandarin, Cantonese, English
Country
China, Japan, France
Subtitles
Greek, Polish
Age rating
16+

Cannes Film Festival

Best Screenplay

2013

What others say

3.8
72 reviews

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