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One Second (Chinese: 一秒钟) is a 2020 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, about a man who escapes from a farm-prison during the Cultural Revolution. The film is based on the novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi, by author Geling Yan. Yan is not credited in the film, which has led to controversy.
- US$20.3 million
- Ping Dong, William Kong, Liwei Pang, Shaokun Xiang
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Sep 14, 2022 · Zhang Yi is an unnamed prisoner who has escaped from a labour camp after being told his teenage daughter appears in a newsreel being shown at the start of the film – he hasn’t seen her in years.
- Cath Clarke
Nov 27, 2020 · One Second: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Yi Zhang, Haocun Liu, Wei Fan, Yan Li. A movie fan in a remote farmland strikes a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
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- Comedy, Drama, History
- Yimou Zhang
- 2020-11-27
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Sep 19, 2021 · Reviews. Sep 19, 2021 10:30am PT. ‘One Second’ Review: Zhang Yimou’s Lovely, Poignantly Imperfect Tribute to the Delight and the Delusion of Cinema. Despite censorship, Zhang Yimou's tale of...
Sep 18, 2021 · “One Second” allows cinema to represent the corrosive vision of a fading regime, but also to reflect dreams of a better tomorrow for so many of the people suffering under its rule.
Sep 18, 2021 · One Second is as much a tribute to the struggles of a man whose life has stolen from him as it is to a bygone way of looking at movies. by Jake Cole. September 18, 2021. Zhang Yimou’s One Second opens with images that suggest one of the Chinese auteur’s wuxia period films, like Hero.
