Platform

Platform

2001 · 155 min · ZH · 6.9 (62 votes)
Dir. Jia Zhangke · Starring Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Liang Jingdong, Yang Lina, Han Sanming, Wang Bo · Music Yoshihiro Hanno
Drama

China's rapid changes from the late-1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.

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A contemplative journey through a shifting era, where personal lives intertwine with grand historical currents. It's a quiet, character-focused drama that lingers, exploring the echoes of the past on the present.

melancholicnostalgicwistfulintrospectiveslow-burnarthouseperiod dramacharacter-drivenchangeartmemoryidentity
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