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CHINA · 2006

Still Life

Jia Zhangke
Chinese Sixth Generation urbanization and displacement Chinese infrastructure development marital estrangement environmental change social transformation
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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.

Year2006
CountryChina
DirectorJia Zhangke
MovementChinese Sixth Generation
Cinematic Threads
I’m influenced by many directors, including Abbas Kiarostami. His films, especially Close-Up, showed me how you can use non-actors and integrate real life into fiction.
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