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Still Life, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2006, is an empathetic portrait of those left behind by a modernizing society and, as in...
Sep 24, 2020 · Film review: China’s ‘Still Life’ is rarely seen but much-appreciated. Director Jia focuses on the plight of everyday folks during the Three Gorges project. By Charles Ealy. - September 24, 2020. Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke has never made it big in America. In a way, that’s understandable.
Jan 18, 2008 · The movie takes place amid the clatter and misery of the Three Gorges Dam, which cuts across the Yangtze in central China. The largest dam in the world, Three Gorges is a site of great cultural...
Nov 16, 2006 · Movie: Still Life. Chinese: Sanxia haoren / 三峡好人. Director: Jia Zhangke. Writer: Jia Zhangke, Na Guan. Producer: Cinematographer: Release Date: November 16, 2006. Runtime: 108 min. Language: Mandarin. Country: China. Plot. Fengjie’s old town is yet under water, but its new neighbourhood hasn’t been finished yet.
Fengjie, China. Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 48m. TCM Emails. Shot in the old village of Fengjie, which has been destroyed by the building of China's Three Gorges Dam, it recounts the story of people who come back to Fengjie during the upheaval.
Feb 8, 2021 · In Still Life, such life-changing choices face both Sanming, a miner traveling to Fengjie in search of his ex-wife of sixteen years, and Shen Hong, a nurse who has come to Fengjie to look for her husband who she hasn’t seen in two years.
Still Life (三峡好人; Sānxiá Hǎorén), a 2006 Chinese film directed by Jia Zhangke, is an evocative narrative set against the backdrop of the Three Gorges Dam project. This film presents a poignant exploration of human lives amidst massive environmental and societal change. Background and Production.
