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A Touch of Sin
China 2013, 133 minutes
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
In Mandarin, Cantonese
with English subtitles
Rating: [R16] Graphic violence
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Suspense/Crime, Drama
Feat. Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Zhao Tao
Aroview: Another striking modern tale of urban discontent from leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-ke, one which remains as perceptive and thought-provoking as his previous works despite the lurid trappings of genre.
Through four stories of violence ripped from the headlines, Jia plumbs the moral and social crisis of a country experiencing rapid economic change, though his lens has sharpened to lend the film a deceptive commercial quality that's entirely fitting, inviting the sort of intellectual scrutiny crucial to Jia's films.
Member Reviews
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0 star (Not rated) 7.1 ~wellor
4 stars (Very Good) ~Regando
3 stars (Good Enough) 3/5 - Original title: Tian zhu ding (Destiny). - Interesting peek on modern China life - Pessimistic with some hope, but definitively not the Party's propaganda book, which makes it valuable to see. ~Anonz
DVD Features
- aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Close Relatives
- Amores Perros (2000)
- Blind Shaft (2003)
- Crimson Gold (2003)
- Goodbye South Goodbye (1996)
- So Close To Paradise (1998)
- Two Days, One Night (2014)
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