Still Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-16

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China, Hong Kong

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4063 Reviews)

Director:

Zhangke Jia

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Tao Zhao Zhou Lan Sanming Han Lizhen Ma

Writer:

Zhangke Jia (screenplay)

Na Guan

Jiamin Sun

Fullplot:

Coalminer Han Sanming comes from Fengyang in Shanxi to the Three Gorges town Fengjie to look for his ex-wife whom he has not seen for 16 years. The couple meet on the bank of the Yangtze River and vow to remarry. Nurse Shen Hong also comes to Fengjie from Taiyuan in Shanxi to look for her husband who has not been home for two years. The couple embrace each other and waltz under the imposing Three Gorges dam, but feel they are so apart and decide to have a divorce. The old township has been submerged, while a new town has to be built. Life persists in the Three Gorges - what should be taken up is taken up, what should be cast off is cast off.

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