Three of China’s greatest writers, representing three different generations, present their takes on the landmarks of the country’s 20th-century history. The narrators’ recounts, dating from the dark days of the Cultural Revolution to the frenzied urbanization of the violent financial booming, are interwoven with lyric frames that seem to evade the flow of time. Divided into 18 chapters, this “symphonic” documentary ruminates on history’s traces, echoing in the human psyche.
Swimming out Till the Sea Turns Blue
Yi zhi you dao hai shui bian lan
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Jia Zhang-ke
- Script: Jia Zhang-Ke, Wan Jiahuan
- Cinematography: Yu Lik-Wai
- Editing: Kong Jing-Lei
- Sound: Zhang Yang
- Production: Xstream Pictures (Shanxi), Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd.
- Producers: Zhao Tao
- Co-production: Shanghai Film Studio, Shanxi Film and Television Group, Huaxin Kylin Culture Media Co., Ltd., Wishart Media Co., Ltd., Huayi Brother Pictures Limited, Shi Dian (Tianjin), Culture Communication Co., Ltd., We Entertainment, Iqiyi Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Alibaba Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
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- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: China
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 112'
- Contact: ΜΚ2 Camille Dupeuble intlsales@mk2.com
Jia Zhang-ke
Jia Zhang-Ke was born in Fenyang, Shanxi, in 1970 and graduated from Beijing Film Academy. His debut feature Xiao Wu won prizes in Berlin, Vancouver and elsewhere. Since then, his films have routinely premiered in the major European festivals. Still Life won the Golden Lion in Venice in 2006, A Touch Of Sin won the Best Screenplay prize in Cannes in 2013 and Mountains May Depart and Ash Is Purest White were in competition in Cannes 2015 and 2018 respectively. Several of his films have blurred the lines between fiction and documentary.
Filmography
2000 Platform
2002 Unknown Pleasures
2006 Still Life
2013 A Touch of Sin
2015 Mountains May Depart
2018 Ash Is Purest White
2020 Swimming out till the Sea Turns Blue
