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Still Life

Name: Still Life
Director: Jia Zhangke
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2006
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Han Sanming, Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Li Zhubin, Xiang Haiyu

A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.

2006 · Directed by Jia Zhangke · 108 min · Drama · Romance · 16 frames

Crew

Screenplay: Sun Jianmin, Jia Zhangke, Guan Na
Cinematography: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Edited by: Kong Jinlei
Music: Lim Giong
Production design: Liang Jingdong
Produced by: Tianyan Wang, Zhu Jiong, Wang Yu, Chow Keung

Cast

Han Sanming as Han Sanming
Zhao Tao as Shen Hong
Wang Hongwei as Wang Dongming
Li Zhubin as Guo Bin
Xiang Haiyu
Zhou Lin as Brother Mark
Ma Lizhen as Missy Ma
Lan Zhou
Huang Yong
Li Jinsheng

Production

Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Studios: Shanghai Film Studio, Xstream Pictures
Themes: worker, china, loss of loved one, demolition, barrage, resettlement

More by Jia Zhangke

A Touch of Sin — 2013
Ash Is Purest White — 2018
Pickpocket — 1997
Platform — 2001

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