MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART

A film by Jia Zhang-Ke

Cast : Jin Dong Liang, Sanming Han, Zijian Dong, Sylvia Chang, Yi Zhang, Zhao Tao

2015 / drama / original title : Shan He Gu Ren / 126’ / Color / status : completed / long feature-film / International collections

China, 1999. Childhood friends Liangzi and Zhang are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually decides to marry the wealthier Zhang. They soon have a son he names Dollar…
From China to Australia, the lives, loves, hopes and disillusions of a family over two generations in a society changing at breakneck speed.

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“Jia Zhangke scales new heights with futurist drama… Exhilarating.”

The Guardian

“Jia is simply one of the best and most important directors in the world.”

The New Yorker

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