Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called “24 CITY”. Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives…

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke returns to the shooting locations of his films, along with his actors, friends and close collaborators. Jia recalls the inspiration sources for his movies, such as…

Jia Zhangke brings to this edition of the Beautiful series The Hedonists, an engaging drama about several unemployed Shanxi coalminers looking for work.

Set in China’s underworld, this story of affection and betrayal follows a dancer who fired a gun to protect her mobster boyfriend all through a fight. On launch from jail…

Four separate stories placed in modern China about arbitrary actions of violence.

The lifetime of Tao, and also people near to her, is explored at three separate time phases: 1999, 2014, also 2025.