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Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-08-29

Languages:

Mandarin, Shanxi

Countries:

Hong Kong, China, Japan, France

Runtime:

154 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1588 Reviews)

Director:

Zhangke Jia

Genres:

Drama History

Cast:

Hongwei Wang Tao Zhao Jing Dong Liang Tian-yi Yang

Writer:

Zhangke Jia

Fullplot:

Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers whose fate mirrors that of the general population in China as massive socio-economic changes sweep across the mainland. The film commences in 1979 with the troupe performing numbers idolizing Mao Zedong, ending in the '80s when the shows reflect the strong Western influences pervading China, covering a decade in which China saw tremendous changes.

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